Intern in the Galileo and EGNOS Programme Department - System Engineering Section

Location
EGNOS Project Office, Toulouse, France

Our team and mission

The EGNOS and SBAS Programme Division is responsible for the development of the EGNOS system and its qualification, in its role as Design and Procurement Agent, under the programme management of the European Commission (EC). Version 3 of the EGNOS system is currently under development and qualification.

The Division is also managing several research and development activities under the Horizon Europe and NAVISP Programmes and is supporting ASECNA in the procurement of the African SBAS.

The System Engineering Section of the GNSS Regional Augmentation System Division is responsible, in particular, for the following activities:

• ensuring the compliance of the system design with upper-level requirements (Mission & Performance, security, operations);
• developing and maintaining system engineering tools and associated databases;
• managing the corresponding industrial activities and ensuring that system engineering activities are performed according to agreed development plans, in compliance with the applicable system requirements, standards and system engineering requirements.

The Security Service of the EGNOS and SBAS Programme Division is responsible, in particular, for the following activities:

• establishing and maintaining the security baseline and security requirements for all releases procured by ESA;
• identifying and managing security issues;
• preparing security accreditation files for the ground segment;
• managing security activities within the EGNOS Project Office.

Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int

Field(s) of activity for the internship

The EGNOS V3 System is composed of 39 Remote reference stations, 2 Main Control Centres (hosting in particular the central processing facilities) and 6 Uplink Stations connected to 3 EGNOS geostationary satellites, all interconnected through a dedicated real-time wide-area network.
EGNOS V3 design is the result of a complex multidisciplinary exercise implementing stringent performance, safety, security and operability requirements across several interconnected subsystems.

Based on this first EGNOS V3 version, an enhanced engineering approach is being implemented for the definition of EGNOS evolutions, typically including:

• enhanced modularity of the system design through a system-of-segments approach;
• parallel engineering of evolutions across different EGNOS system releases;
• multidisciplinary consolidation within and across segments;
• interactive incremental validation and report generation using AI.

You will be integrated into the System Engineering Section of the EGNOS and SBAS Division and will interact closely with the Security Service. You will also interact with other teams/disciplines (Product and Safety, Development and IVQ, Operations). You will develop, integrate and validate an EGNOS Engineering ToolKit aimig at demonstrating and providing an initial engineering capability in an integrated and shared environment including:

• a requirements engineering COTS tool;
• a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) COTS tool;
• upgrading Internal AI agents and tools from previous activities to provide engineering support capabilities exploiting the current document-centric engineering approach (engineering artefact consistency checks, cybersecurity analysis, vulnerability and security patch identification, etc.) and extending these capabilities to cover standard security inventories;
• import/export functionalities to interface with external stakeholders.

To this goal, you will:

• consolidate the System Engineering Team and Security Team user needs;
• analyse available technical documentation and identify relevant information;
• select and justify the choice of OSS/COTS tools complementing the current selected System Engineering tools;
• design, develop, integrate and validate the EGNOS Engineering ToolKit;
• demonstrate the capability of the EGNOS Engineering ToolKit to conduct security and system engineering activities;
• document the user manual.

At the end of the internship, you will have contributed to an AI-assisted proof of concept demonstrating the capability to support security and system engineering activities.

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 university course at Master's level. In addition, you must be able to prove that you will be 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 ESA Member State language is an asset.

During the interview, your motivation for applying to this role will be explored.

• software engineering with AI Agent;
• cloud computing;
• system Engineering tools and processes.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness
ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics.

At the Agency we value diversity, and we welcome people with disabilities. Whenever possible, we seek to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing the necessary support at the workplace. The Human Resources Department can also provide assistance during the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact us via email at ESA.Student.Internships@esa.int.

Important Information and Disclaimer
During the recruitment process, the Agency may request applicants to undergo selection tests.

The information published on ESA’s careers website regarding internship conditions is correct at the time of publication. It is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have.

Nationality

Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Applicants from Canada as a Cooperating State can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta as European Cooperating States (ECS).