Join our engineers working at ESTEC

Starion’s experts work on a broad range of space-related projects and programmes across Europe, including many for the European Space Agency (ESA).

We’re currently looking for engineers to fill a wide range of exciting space-related job vacancies at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. All of these vacancies are key roles in cutting-edge projects for vital ESA satellite and space mission services. They include positions in support of the Radio Frequency Payloads and Technology Division, and other engineering posts supporting ESA’s Earth observation missions.

Digital Equipment Engineer for RF Payloads

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0145

Antenna Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0143

Time and Frequency Generation and Distribution Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0144

Sub-Millimeter Waves Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0152

RF Active Equipment & Technologies Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0157

RF Payload Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0158

TT&C – Payload Data Transmission Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0160

Software Engineer – Space Programmes

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0138

System Verification FDIR Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0139

System Integration Engineer

Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reference number: 0140

Working for Starion in the Netherlands

Starion’s office in the Netherlands is in Leiden. In addition to being the centre of Starion’s concurrent design and engineering activities, others in the team work on a range of space engineering and cybersecurity activities.

The majority of Starion’s Dutch team work at ESTEC, which is located in Noordwijk on the North Sea coast,  just 12km from the Leiden office. Established more than half a century ago, ESTEC is ESA’s largest establishment.

At ESTEC, the focus is on developing technology, planning missions and testing satellites. It is the hub of Europe’s space effort, and is where the majority of European space projects are born, developed and tested in advance of their flights into orbit.

Discover all our current vacancies in the Netherlands

Image credit: ESA – Jan Van Haarlem/Gallery Imaging bv

Photo of ESA's ESTEC campus in Netherlands from the south, showing buildings with the dunes and sea beyond

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