At ESA’s Future Space Transportation Preparation department, the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP), covers technology maturation, commercialization and ecosystem maturation for future European Space Transportation solutions.

In the Space Transportation beyond LEO team (STS-FL) specifically, you would be working multilaterally on emerging topics such as In-Space Transportation (e.g. Space Logistics, In-Space Transportation Vehicles (ISTVs), etc.), orbital re-filling, sustainability for Space Transportation (e.g. Lifecycle Assessment), Nuclear Propulsion, software-centred technologies (e.g. AI, digitalisation, digital twins, etc.) amongst other topics.

Field(s) of activity for the internship

The topic of the internship: Future Space Transportation Preparation support: Commercialisation

You will work on:

• State-of-the-art Export Control rules and restrictions of European and non-European countries (e.g. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR)) and their impact on our space developments (e.g. In-Space Transportation);
• Support for defining the required approach for the standardization of interfaces for the emerging Space Logistics ecosystem;
• Support for Private-Public Partnerships for supporting the development of space infrastructures for space transportation (e.g. operational orbital propellant depot);
• Commercial and legal support across the In-Space Proof-of-Concept (InSPoC) missions.

For more info, please read: https://commercialisation.esa.int/2024/04/a-successful-start-for-esas-in-space-transportation-club.

Required Qualifications 

You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at the Master’s level and you need to remain 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 Member State language would be an asset.

Knowledge and background in the following is an asset:

• Experience working with and analysing Legal documents;
• Understanding of business strategy and product development process.