Payload Validation Engineer
ESA · ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands · Apply by October 16, 2026
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Apply now » Payload Validation Engineer Job Requisition ID: 20737 Date Posted: 13 July 2026 Closing Date: 17 August 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite Directorate: Science Workplace: Noordwijk, NL #job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Grade Band : A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Payload Validation Engineer in the Payload Validation Section, Science Instrumentation Division, Future Missions Department, Directorate of Science. The Future Missions Department oversees mission preparation activities for ESA’s science programmes, including mission definition studies (Phases 0/A/B1) and technology development activities. The Payload Validation Section is responsible for conducting laboratory-based payload element validation activities, with an emphasis on imaging focal plane technologies, to provide support for the development of instrumentation for future ESA space science missions. The main aim of the validation activities is to verify performance requirements under operational conditions, including assessing the influence of radiation. The majority of these…