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The people who work at ESA are key to our success and are our most valuable asset. ESA offers attractive employment conditions, including a range of benefits, programmes and allowances to promote a multi-cultural, supportive, inclusive and family-friendly working environment.

Major enterprise more than 1000 employees

founding year

1975

Language competence required

Deutsch: German language skills are not required
Englisch: Expert language skills (C1)
(Approximate) Native language skills (C2)
FrenchSelf-guided speech application (B1 / B2) – 05b

Education qualifications:

Master's degree / German Magister
Master’s Degree
MBA
PhD

We are specifically looking for the following location(s)

Remote:

No

We are looking for employees with the following professional & functional competence profile

Data Analytics
Entry (after further training) – 07c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 07d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 07e
Management (without leadership experience) – 07f
Management (with leadership experience) – 07g

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Management (with leadership experience) – 08g
Entry (after further training) – 08c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 08d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 08e
Management (without leadership experience) – 08f

Electrical engineering and information technology
Entry (after further training) – 14c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 14d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 14e
Management (without leadership experience) – 14f
Management (with leadership experience) – 14g

Finance / Taxation
Management (with leadership experience) -45g
Entry (after further training) -45c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) -45d
Professional (experience > 3 years) -45e
Management (without leadership experience) -45f

Research & Development
Management (with leadership experience) -46g
Entry (after further training) -46c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) -46d
Professional (experience > 3 years) -46e
Management (without leadership experience) -46f

Computer science
Entry (after further training) –17c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 17d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 17e
Management (without leadership experience) – 17f
Management (with leadership experience) – 17g

Engineering (others)
Entry (after further training) – 18c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 18d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 18e
Management (without leadership experience) – 18f
Management (with leadership experience) – 18g

IT Security
Management (with leadership experience) – 20g
Entry (after further training) – 20c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 20d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 20e
Management (without leadership experience) – 20f

Communication / PR / media / linguistics and cultural studies
Entry (after further training) – 21c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 21d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 21e
Management (without leadership experience) – 21f
Management (with leadership experience) – 21g

Mathematics
Entry (after further training) – 23c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 23d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 23e
Management (without leadership experience) – 23f
Management (with leadership experience) – 23g

Metal / mechanical engineering
Management (with leadership experience) – 25g
Entry (after further training) – 25c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 25d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 25e
Management (without leadership experience) – 25f

Natural sciences (other)
Entry (after further training) – 28c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 28d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 28e
Management (without leadership experience) – 28f

Online Marketing / Social Media Management
Management (with leadership experience) – 29g
Entry (after further training) – 29c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 29d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 29e
Management (without leadership experience) – 29f

Physics
Entry (after further training) – 30c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 30d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 30e
Management (without leadership experience) – 30f
Management (with leadership experience) – 30g

Software engineering / software development / coding
Management (with leadership experience) – 33g
Entry (afterfurther training) – 33c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 33d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 33e
Management (without leadership experience) – 33f

Business Informatics
Management (with leadership experience) -50g
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) -50d
Professional (experience > 3 years) -50e
Management (without leadership experience) -50f

Robotics
Entry (after further training) – 35c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 35d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 35e
Management (without leadership experience) – 35f
Management (with leadership experience) – 35g

Strategy & Innovation
Entry (after further training) – 36c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) – 36d
Professional (experience > 3 years) – 36e
Management (without leadership experience) – 36f
Management (with leadership experience) – 36g

Industrial Engineering and Management
Management (with leadership experience) -49g
Entry (after further training) -49c
Entry (after studies with < 3 years of work experience) -49d
Professional (experience > 3 years) -49e
Management (without leadership experience) -49f

We are looking for employees for the following fields of activity

Digital Transformation
Research
Engineering
Innovation
Therapy

We are looking for employees for the following specific topics and specialist areas

Content participation

Lucy van der Tas
Head of Talent Acquisition, European Space Agency
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Career-MeetUpEN

13/10/2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

MeetUp P.09 | Halle / hall 3

Thread / thematic series: Career & Job Application

Joblevel: Career entry, Professional

ESA recruits… Not only astronauts
Join representatives of the European Space Agency at the Meet-up booth to find out about what sort of projects or activities you could be working on at ESA. Hear about the types of profiles that ESA is looking for and get hints and tips on the ESA selection process and how to write a good CV and motivation letter. ESA could be looking for you!

Details about the speaker Lucy van der Tas
Vita: Originally from the UK, Lucy has worked at the European Space Agency for nearly 40 years in the Human Resources Department and she is based at ESA’s technical centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. From 2010 to 2020, she was responsible for recruitment and career management for one of the largest ESA engineering directorates. Prior to that she was Head of Training at ESTEC. In October 2020, she took up the role of Head of Talent Acquisition at ESA. She and her team promote ESA as an employer to potential candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.

Lucy van der Tas
Head of Talent Acquisition, European Space Agency
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LectureEN

12/10/2023 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM

Auditorium 2 | Halle / hall 3

Thread / thematic series: Career & Job Application

Joblevel: Career entry, Professional

A 40-year view of a career in the space industry
What is it like to work in the space sector and particularly at the European Space Agency? How has the space sector and its jobs evolved? Lucy van der Tas joined the European Space Agency in 1983 and will share her unique and long-term perspective. Hear what it was like to come into a traditionally male-dominated and engineering environment as a woman and non-engineer and what has changed over the years.

Details about the speaker Lucy van der Tas
Vita: Originally from the UK, Lucy has worked at the European Space Agency for nearly 40 years in the Human Resources Department and she is based at ESA’s technical centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. From 2010 to 2020, she was responsible for recruitment and career management for one of the largest ESA engineering directorates. Prior to that she was Head of Training at ESTEC. In October 2020, she took up the role of Head of Talent Acquisition at ESA. She and her team promote ESA as an employer to potential candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.