Our team and mission

The GNSS Regional Augmentation System 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 system is currently under procurement under Phase CD.

The Division is also managing several Research and Development activities under the Horizon Europe Infrastructure and NAVISP Programmes and is supporting ASECNA for the procurement of the African SBAS.

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

• manage the system end-to-end performance activities (requirements, Feared-events, Evolutions engineering, Performances analysis, Test Bed, Simulation and analysis tools, performance qualification);
• manage the corresponding industrial activities and ensure that system engineering activities are done according to agreed development plans, in compliance with the applicable System requirements, standards and System Engineering requirements.

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

Field(s) of activity for the internship

Topic of the internship: EGNOS System Performance Analysis Environment – Evolutions on SBAS performance analysis results publication and data management modules

The EGNOS V3.1 System is composed of 39 Remote reference stations, 2 Main Control Centres (hosting in particular the central processing Facilities) and 6 Uplink Stations to connect to 3 Geostationary satellites - All sites being interconnected by a dedicated Real-time Wide Area Network.
EGNOS V3.1 design is the result of a complex multi-disciplinary exercise implementing stringent performance, safety, security and operability requirements into several interconnected sub-systems.

The System is currently under deployment and the individual performance of each component as well as the end-to-end performance shall be continuously monitored during this phase to confirm the configuration of the system algorithms.

The EGNOS System performance analysis environment is composed of a set of tools, processing huge volume of data and producing near-real time and offline analysis to support the EGNOS performance engineering and the performance assessment.

The EGNOS System performance analysis environment is continuously being upgraded via the improvement of existing modules or the development of new modules, to improve not only the analysis capacities but also the overall operability (analysis automatisation, archiving, access rights, web pages for near-real time analysis,..)

The objective of this internship is to further improve the operability to support the EGNOS V3 deployment and performance qualification phase via the upgrade of specific modules already available:

• the scenario manager (Execution of analysis modules and archiving): Inclusion of additional analysis modules and general improvement of the archiving process;
• the display manager (publication of results and metrics in a user-friendly manner): Implementation of project/campaign management with associated access rights, Additional internal computed data, internal publication inside the Division/Department.

You will carry out your internship within the System Engineering section (Performance Team), and your assignments will include:

• collecting the user needs for the specification of upgrades for an internal publication inside the Division/Department;
• operating the analysis and comparison tools to get familiarised with the analysis outputs and their interface control documents;
• defining the development approach;
• implementing and testing the software using real data from the EGNOS System performance analysis environment;
• supporting the entry into operations.

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 studying 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.

(Educational) knowledge on the following topics would be an asset: 

• computer science;
• linux;
• cloud computing;
• web site development;
• databases;
• Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS);
• Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) and more specifically the European one: EGNOS.