ESA Hiring Insights & Trends

Based on UNjobnet job posting data from the last 12 months. Updated automatically.

Hiring Activity

Active jobs

126

Last 3 months

274

Last 6 months

281

Last 12 months

High

Momentum

Aug 24, 2026

Last posted

Typical posting stays open ~22 days before the deadline.

Top Job Categories (last 12 months)

Top Locations

Duty stations

Noordwijk156
Frascati45
Paris39
Darmstadt31
Porz-Wahn15

Countries

Netherlands156
Germany46
Italy45
France41
United Kingdom8

Grade / Level Mix

D-1/D-2 1%
Internship 9%
Other/Unspecified 90%

Contract Types

Staff position · 86% Internship · 9% Fellowship · 5%

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Latest ESA Jobs

Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in the Directorate of Science at ESTEC, ESAC or STScI

European Space Agency

Baltimore (United States)

Noordwijk (Netherlands)

Fellowship

Posted 4 days ago Closes 21 Sep 2026

Ground Station Engineer

European Space Agency

Darmstadt (Germany)

Staff position