ESA Careers Day
Want to find out about applying for a job at ESA? Interested in the projects our teams are working on? Curious about what life at ESA is like? Get the answers to all these questions and more during ESA Careers Day on 9 November 2023!
Registration for this year's event has now closed.
What is ESA Careers Day?
What to expect?
Who can attend?
How can I join?
ESA Careers Day agenda
ESA Careers Day is THE online event to learn more about careers at ESA. You will have the opportunity to explore job opportunities we offer and hear first-hand from ESA employees and about the work they do. Get insights on what it is like to work for ESA and find out more about who we are looking for and how to apply!
The highlight of this year’s sessions will be on women’s careers in space! From the testimonials of our colleagues working on exciting space projects to a panel discussion with women in senior roles at the agency. You will have the opportunity to learn more about their career paths, projects, successes and challenges.
Join us on 9 November for live lectures, webinars and Q&A sessions with ESA professionals and HR advisors – and find out how to launch your career in space!
ESA is waiting to launch your career; what are you waiting for?
This year's event is now fully booked. To see upcoming careers events that ESA will be attending, please click here.
- Live discussions and presentations
- Keynote address
- Career fair
- Career videos
- Live Q&A session
- One-on-one chats with ESA representatives
- Students and recent graduates
- Professionals at any stage of their career
- Anyone with a passion for space and curiosity about what an ESA career can offer!
Our search for a diverse pool of talent
The people who work at ESA are key to its success; their diverse nationalities, genders, cultural backgrounds, disciplines, and generations each make their own special contribution to the agency.
Since its creation in 1975, ESA has been a place of integration for Europe and its people, and it has been strengthened by the wealth and diversity of the cultures they represent. Bringing together differing perspectives is a key factor driving our achievements. ESA is proud to be a place where people value diversity in teams, take others' perspectives into account and feel supported in being themselves – regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age or working experience, sexual orientation, physical or mental challenges, ethnicity or educational, religious or social background. We therefore hope to welcome a similarly diverse audience at this online event!
This year's event is now fully booked. To see upcoming careers events that ESA will be attending, please click here.
Please note that to work at ESA, you must be a citizen of one of the following ESA Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Members, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria and Cyprus as European Cooperating States.
| *Schedule subject to change. All times in Central European Time. | |
| 10:00-17:00 | Meet with an ESA representative |
| 12:00-12:30 | Opening session Recorded speeches by DG Josef Aschbacher, ESA career astronaut Rosemary Coogan and ESA's Chief Diversity Officer Ersilia Vaudo-Scarpetta |
| 12:30-13:30 | HR Workshop Presenters: Fiona Walsh (Human Resources Advisor) and Lucy van der Tas (Head of Talent Acquisition) |
| 13:30-16:00 | Science at ESA
13:30-14:00
14:30-15:00
15:15-16:00 |
| 13:30-16:00 | Business support services at ESA
13:30-14:15
14:30-15:00
15:15-16:00 |
| 13:45-14:15 | HR, Young ESA & Life at ESA, ESA Academy, ESA Education
13:45-14:15
14:30-16:00
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| 14:00-15:30 | Engineering at ESA
14:00-14:30
14:45-15:30 |
| 16:15-17:00 | Closing Panel Discussion Panellists: Lucy van der Tas (Head of Talent Acquisition), Bianca Hoersch (Head of ESA Digital Transformation Office), Kate Isaak (CHEOPS Project Scientist), Luisella Giulicchi (System Manager) |
| 17:30-18:30 | HR Workshop Presenters: Fiona Walsh (Human Resources Advisor) and Lucy van der Tas (Head of Talent Acquisition) |
In the meantime...
Check out the opportunities currently available at ESA! Our vacancies are published regularly on our recruiting website where you can apply, track the status of your application or set up a job alert with your choice of keyword.
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