Hi all,

I am a Canadian who is about to complete my masters degree in computer engineering for artificial intelligence (specifically in multi-agent reinforcement learning). I have always planned (and wanted) to get into the space & engineering field, and I was told by a friend that Canada is a cooperating country of the ESA, and has many job opportunities.

I looked into the Graduate Trainee program, and it seems very interesting and promising for the career I would like to pursue for my future. Most job applications seem to be located in the Netherlands. Are there any ESA current employees that know about the program, the work environment, the work culture, etc?

I am willing to move to Europe for the job, learn the culture and language of the region of the job opportunity (I am also fluent in English and am currently learning to become fluent in French), so these are not major issues for me. I just want to know more about the work environment and how competitive the ESA job market is (I am assuming it is quite competitive, but it is always worth the shot).

Thanks in advance!

So I know that for most jobs at esa require master degree (natural sciences, medicine, engineering, mathematics, or computer sciences or a degree as an experimental test pilot and/or test engineer from an official experimental test pilot school. At least three years of relevant professional experience after graduation. As esa said) but I avoid all of this degrees because require studies but studies is a dangerous place just as normal school. I'm from Poland and I was teased by others but situation now looks stable, do you know if studies is really dangerous place to acquire a master degree?, Or by some miracle got a job at esa After when other people hated you in school and got a help in your first private esa conference but You couldn't go to university (like every other person of space, astronautics, astrophotography, and in degree requirements as esa said natural science,enthusiast)?

Hi all,

I’ve read about the ESA mission operation academy (5 days in the ESA center in Darmstadt). Has anyone already done this experience? Do you think it is valuable in order to do networking?

I’ve seen that you have to pay smth like 3K and then hope to be selected.

Than you for sharing any useful information or experience!

Hi everyone, I’m a med student in Italy in my fourth year. My biggest passions are mountaineering, space and neurosciences. I really want to apply for ESA internships if they put some medicine programs this year (in november I will be in my fifth year) since I finally feel “ready”.

The problem is I don’t have a decent curriculum. I study in a “shitty” university and I have just normal grades (kinda good grades but not the best….). I never did any research in my life and I never did extracurricular activities. I don’t really know where to start to have a decent curriculum. I need this to apply for ESA internships but future PHD too.

This is my plan for 2025 to do something useful with my life (so that my curriculum and my interviews won’t sound like I’m a loser that only studies for exams and doesn’t even do good):

• ⁠finally get a real license for mountaineering/speleology because it sounds cool to write “certified speleologist blabla” so people see that I work in critical conditions and know what to do in dangerous environments (I know I sound stupid and naive, I really believe this would work….). Now I have some courses and go out to 3k peaks and other activities but I have no certificate to do so. I’d want to take license to be a mountain guide/caving guide/speleologist. Or maybe studying how to be a sub. Just a real license to do one of those activities I love so it sounds a little bit more REAL when I say I do those stuff and it doesn’t sound like a little silly hobby if I have a title…

• ⁠partecipate to every medicine congress they make in my city and start going to engineering ones so I can 1) learn something new I can’t do in class 2) have certificates of attendance and write it in my CV

• ⁠get better grades

• ⁠applying for international projects like Erasmus or Erasmus traineeship

• ⁠getting a C1 english certificate (I only have B2) and another language certificate (probably French since I already know it a bit) so I have 3 languages in my CV (4 languages if I learn another one from Erasmus)

I don’t really know what else to do. This is all I can think of, quite shitty, and it seems impossible to do in a year while working too. Please can someone tell me if such a curriculum could be considered “embarrassing” to send them? I think the people they accept is much more prepared than me and it’s all pointless even trying. Does anyone have some advice?