**EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY**
Intern in the Space Rider Programme, Directorate of Space Transportation
**Job Requisition ID**:19042**Closing Date**:30 November 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:External Only**Type of Contract**:Intern**Date Posted**:1 November 2024
- Internship Opportunity in the Directorate of Space Transportation.**Location**
Frascati
**Our team and mission**
**This position is based at the ESA Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) - Frascati, Italy**
The Space Rider team's task is to develop, qualify and fly the vehicle; performance of the first mission will encompass the management of all payloads accommodated in the cargo bay and take them back to earth. Requested activities will be directed to the development of the necessary elements to perform interoperability maneuvres of the vehicle with external objects.
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**Field(s) of activity for the internship**
**Topic of the internship: Preliminary study for Close-Proximity Operations and In-Orbit Services with Space Rider**
- In addition, you will contribute to technical documents preparation, participation to technical meetings and contribute to scientific articles and publications.
**Behavioural competencies**
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook
**Education**
You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master's level and you need to remain enrolled at your University for the entire duration of the internship.
**Additional requirements**
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.
Educational knowledge on GNC, orbital mechanics, robotics and software simulation tools is required.
**Other information**