Luxembourgish National Graduate Trainee

Luxembourgish National Graduate Trainee in Human and Robotic Exploration Commercialisation

Job Requisition ID: 20911 Date Posted: 24 September 2026 Closing Date: 15 October 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication Method: External Only Directorate: Human and Robotic Exploration Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F1 - F1

The ESA National Graduate Trainee (NGT) Programmes offer recent Master's graduates the opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience at ESA across a range of space-related disciplines. The programmes are essentially similar to ESA's own Graduate Trainee Programme, notably in offering the same employment conditions. They however differ in one important respect: each NGT Programme is funded by an individual ESA Member State or Associate Member under a bilateral partnership agreement concluded with ESA.

As a result, a representative of the sponsoring State participates in the selection process. In addition to assessing candidates against the requirements of the position, the selection may also include an evaluation of their background and knowledge of the space policies and related activities of the sponsoring State.

Location

ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Our team and mission

The Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes is a programme directorate within the ESA matrix structure. Using a partnership between humans and robots, the Directorate is dedicated to exploring destinations in space where humans are already living and working - or will live and work in the future - for the purpose of scientific research, economic development, international cooperation and public inspiration.

Within the Directorate, the Commercialisation and Innovation Team works to turn the transformation of space exploration into opportunities for European industry and society. We develop and implement cross-sectoral innovation initiatives that help build sustainable commercial ecosystems in Low Earth Orbit (...