Data Science Engineer [25177]

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.
We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.
HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.
We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry. 

As part of the ESA team you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support the requirement definition of data-driven solutions together with stakeholders, AI System Engineers and Digital Innovation engineers;
• Contribute to the gathering of data from various sources, cleaning it, and transforming it into a usable format ensuring data quality, consistency, and availability;
• Support exploratory data analysis to understand the data and identify patterns, trends, and anomalies gaining insights and forming hypotheses;
• Participate to the build of predictive models selecting appropriate algorithms, training models on historical data, and validating their performance;
• Support the implementation of machine learning algorithms automating decision-making processes including tasks such as image processing, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance;
• Contribute to the creation of visual representations of data, such as charts, graphs, and dashboards, to make the data more understandable for communicating insights to stakeholders;
• Contribute to technology development and work plans for ESA's technology programmes related to data science;
• Contribute to the capture of knowledge related to the development and use of information factories and support its dissemination.

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Masters Degree in Data Science or Computer Science;
• At least 4 years hands-on experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, as well as data science methodologies.
• Familiarity with applying AI and data science approaches to areas such as engineering analysis, mission optimization, and decision support systems.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Kristina Lysyk, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-25177.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

Inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. That's why, committed to gender diversity and overall inclusivity, we encourage all applications and profiles. 

Last apply date: 30/11/2025