Europe's Best Space Jobs This Week

ESO internships, engineering, communications... Apply early to stay ahead!

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Jaime Martín
September 25, 2025

Hello everyone,

It’s officially autumn… and to celebrate we’ve got this newsletter. Haha, what a celebration eh

This week we’ve got a lot of openings from ESO. If you don’t know what ESO is then keep reading. And if you do, then it’s not just ESO, so keep reading also, haha

We’re working hard behind the scenes to keep the listings fresh and relevant, and your feedback is always appreciated so thanks for that.

🚀 Spotlight: New on findaspacejob.com

Here are some of the most interesting roles that have been added to the site this week:

  • Embedded Software Engineer @ Lúnasa Space (UK)
    👉 If you’re into software and spacecraft, this is a hands-on role with a fast-growing UK team.

  • Photonics Engineer / Physicist @ ESO (Germany)
    👉 Calling all optics and photonics fans—ESO is looking for someone to push the boundaries of astronomical instrumentation.

  • Chief Commercial Officer @ Decen Space (Germany)
    👉 A senior position for those who know how to connect business and space. If you want to help scale a newspace company, this is for you. The founder is TOP.

  • Robotics Intern @ Infinite Orbits (France)
    👉 Want to get your hands dirty with robotics in Toulouse? This internship will give you close-up experience with space robotics.

  • ESO Studentship Programme Europe 2025/2026 @ ESO (Germany/Chile)
    👉 If you’re a student looking for a unique international experience in astronomy, this programme is open for applications.

  • Engineering PhD Studentship @ ESO (Germany)
    👉 For those ready to dive deep into research—ESO is offering a PhD studentship focused on engineering topics in space science.

  • Internship: Science Communication @ ESO (Germany)
    👉 If you love sharing science with the world, this internship in Munich is all about making astronomy accessible.

  • Senior Industrialisation Engineer @ ESA (Netherlands)
    👉 Lead the industrialisation of space hardware at ESA’s technology centre. Senior-level, hands-on, and impactful.

  • Project Officer @ SatCen (Spain)

    👉 I don’t think we stressed this point enough last week so here it goes again: Madrid, space, international projects… what else?

There are plenty of other jobs in the job board so be sure to check it out. Or else you might miss out 🤷‍♂️

Remember that applying fast is important. It’s better to be the first applying than the 124th application…

💰 Follow the Money… again

Last week we shared the summary of the funding rounds into European space companies. But there were two more this past week also. So basically you have no excuse to start applying to these companies if you really want to find a space job.

  • Space Cargo Unlimited (€27.5M Series A): The largest Series A in Europe for in-space manufacturing. They’re scaling BentoBox, an autonomous microgravity production platform for pharmaceuticals and materials science.
    What this means for jobs: Expect opportunities in microgravity research, autonomous systems, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and in-space manufacturing operations.

  • Kreios Space (€8M seed): They’re advancing their air-breathing plasma propulsion system and preparing to launch their first satellites into very low Earth orbit.
    What this means for jobs: Look for roles in plasma propulsion, satellite engineering, VLEO mission operations and a lot of hands on AIT/testing.

  • A bit unrelated as we didn’t raise any money but if your company is hiring and is looking to promote its openings to the Find a Space Job audience, just reach out directly.

I wish to see more funding this week but it’s hard to keep this pace… But the industry is growing!

➕ Extra bits

Here are some other interesting opportunities

  • Interested in a 3 month virtual mentoring programme? If you’re not then click here ;)

  • Nice ESA Academy course on EO commercialisation: deadline is this saturday

  • A completely unrelated PhD but I loved numerical methods back at uni so share it here just in case anyone else does: PhD on NH3 stuff

  • Although it seems I left it on the side: the plan is to keep this going so why not help a friend out?

This is all for this week. More to come.

Until next Thursday!

P.S. Remember: the Career Spotlight is still on so if you want to be part of it: you can do so here!

Last week we solved a crucial question on how to face really challenging problems… If you missed it, the answer lies hidden in a link somewhere in last week’s newsletter. This week we change focus: check this out ← this guy is my new hero. Should we try it out ourselves? If you send me a nice idea I might consider it

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