Job Requisition ID: 18765Application Deadline: 16 September 2024 23:59 CET/CESTEstablishment: ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada, SpainDirectorate: Publication: External OnlyType of Contract: Internal Research FellowDate Posted: 26 August 2024EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCYInternal Research Fellowship Opportunity in the Directorate of Science. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged.PostInternal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in the Directorate of Science at ESTEC, ESAC or STScIThis post is classified F2 on the Coordinated Organisations' salary scale.LocationESTEC, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, or ESAC, European Space Astronomy Centre, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain, or STScI - ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USAThe opportunityESA's postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers early-career scientists and engineers the possibility to carry out independent research in a variety of disciplines related to space science, space applications, or space technology. ESA Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to work with scientists and engineers at the forefront of space science, and experience first-hand how ESA works with communities across the Member States to maximise the scientific return from our missions.Our team and missionThe European Space Agency maintains a world-leading Science Programme with missions in heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, and fundamental physics. Within ESA's Directorate of Science, the Science Engagement and Oversight Office (SCI-E) and the Department for Science and Operations (SCI-S) host the scientists and engineers that oversee the space missions from study to end of operations; they develop the science operation systems for the missions and conduct their science operations in flight; they archive and curatethe mission data during operations and beyond. The main objective is to maximise the scientific return of the missions for the benefit of humankind. The Science Engagement and Oversight Office and the Science and Operations Department also support research activities, which are coordinated by the ESA Science Faculty. Research Fellows are encouraged to take leading roles in Faculty research programmes and initiatives, in close collaboration with scientific staff.The Research Fellowship programme nurtures and strengthens the links between ESA and the scientific communities in the Member States. Research Fellows spend their time on their independent scientific research and can choose to spend up to 20% of the time on scientific activities in support of ESA science-related activities.#J-18808-Ljbffr
