Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Space Environments and Effects
ESA · ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
About this role
Apply now » Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Space Environments and Effects Job Requisition ID: 20885 Date Posted: 9 September 2026 Closing Date: 7 October 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication Method: External Only Type of Appointment ( learn more) : Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL #job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Grade Band: F2 - F2 $(function(){$('span.joblayouttoken-label').filter(function() {return $(this).text().trim()==='Grade Band:';}).html('Grade Band ( learn more ): ');}); Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission The Space Environments and Effects Section supports the development of ESA missions and programmes by investigating the space environments within which they will operate, assessing likely effects and defining mitigation methods. Environments addressed include high-energy radiation from radiation belts; solar particle events and cosmic rays; plasmas encountered in planetary magnetospheres; the solar wind and artificially generated charges and fields on spacecraft; micro-meteoroids and non trackable debris; planetary and lunar dust; and planetary…