Intern in The Galileo Ground Segment

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Noordwijk, Nederland European Space Agency Voltijd

**EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY**

Intern in the Galileo Ground Segment

**Job Requisition ID**:18954**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 Navigation.**Location**
Noordwijk

**Our team and mission**

**This position is based at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) - Noordwijk, Netherlands**
The Galileo Ground Segment is managed by the Galileo Ground Segment Management Office (NAV-PT), which falls under the Galileo and EGNOS Programme Department. The team responsible for the Ground Segment focuses on managing infrastructure and services related to various components of the Galileo system, including the Mission Segment, Ground Control Segment, and Security Monitoring. The office ensures the system's design, validation, and operational capabilities meet the required technical and security standards, and closely collaborates with other segments such as the Space Segment Management Office and support offices like the Navigation Product Assurance and Safety Office.
The team works in coordination to manage the deployment, risk management, and cost control of the Ground Segment, focusing on continuous improvement and addressing any anomalies during operations. The mission includes overseeing the design, deployment, and maintenance of the infrastructure essential for the Galileo Ground Segment, ensuring compliance with security standards and programmatic requirements.

**Field(s) of activity for the internship**

**Topic of the internship: Exploring AI Opportunities for Optimization and Innovation in the Galileo Ground Segment**
- The Galileo Ground Segment is a complex system which is operated for more than a decade. This legacy, combined to our team’s ambitious plans for the next generation of the Ground Segment provides room for optimization and innovation, where Artificial Intelligence could play a major role.
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

- Analysing the Ground Segment technical design and the processes that are applied to run the project;
- In close collaboration with the rest of the team, evaluating the use-cases and selecting the most promising ones;
- Implementing and demonstrating selected use-case(s).

**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.
Knowledge and background in artificial intelligence and/or computer science techniques is an asset.

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