ON-Board Computers and Data Handling Engineer

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On-board Computers and Data Handling Engineer (3 Positions)
Job Requisition ID: 20413
Date Posted: 31 July 2026
Closing Date: 28 August 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication: Internal & External
Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite
Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality
Workplace:
Noordwijk, NL
Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
This vacancy is published to recruit for either: an appointment of 4 years, extendable to an indefinite duration; or a fixed-term appointment with an initial duration of 4 years that depending on performance and organisational needs, may be extended up to a maximum total duration of 8 years.
Description
On-board Computers and Data Handling Engineer in the Data Handling Section, Avionics and EEE Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
The Data Handling Section provides functional support to ESA projects and carries out technological research and development (R&D) concerning turnkey onboard hardware data handling solutions, with an emphasis on: - platform and payload data handling architectures and their building blocks (equipment/units, modules and key components); - platform units such as onboard computers, mass memories, remote terminals and instrument control units*; - digital and analogue signal processing electronics for payload/platform functions*; - front-end acquisition and processing chain electronics*; - interfaces, buses, networks and associated protocols (high, medium and low speed), for onboard data transfers, and command and control functions; - platform data handling functions related to security, data authentication, encryption/decryption and compression; - the use of microelectronics devices, including COTS, in the development of platform data handling and payload data processing equipment; - the implementation, inference, verification and validation of algorithms** on data processing hardware pla...