Wave Interaction Engineer

We are looking for a Wave Interaction Engineer (E3) to join our Akkodis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands.

The role supports Earth Observation and Science projects, with a focus on microwave remote sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Key areas include wave interaction and propagation, simulation, data processing, retrieval algorithms, and data science. The position also contributes to machine learning applications (particularly deep learning), supports research and development activities, and maintains the Section’s computational infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Apply expertise in wave propagation for space communications, navigation, and remote sensing applications.

Analyse wave interaction across active, passive, and hybrid remote sensing systems for ocean, land, atmosphere, and planetary studies.

Develop and improve payload data processing, data products, and data science methodologies.

Contribute to simulation tools and performance evaluation frameworks supporting end-to-end mission performance.

Provide technical expertise to ESA projects and studies across all lifecycle phases:

Perform and document technical analyses

Support implementation of industrial activities

Contribute to technical reviews and project deliverables

Deliver hands‑on support for:

Simulation and modelling

Data collection and analysis (in coordination with laboratory services where required)

Design, develop, validate, and operate wave interaction tools and databases

Support the Section’s computational infrastructure.

Contribute to the lifecycle of internal software tools:

Development

Testing and validation

Deployment and maintenance

Support and contribute to R&D activities in wave interaction and related domains:

Provide input to technology roadmaps and technical requirements

Monitor scientific and technological trends and maintain state‑of‑the‑art expertise

Contribute to technical documentation, reviews, and meetings

Collaborate with industry and academia:

Review external deliverables and provide feedback

Support ESA technical officers in meetings and technical coordination

Organise and report on ad‑hoc technical discussions when required

Qualifications

MSc or PhD in physics, engineering or computer science combined with at least 4 years of relevant experience.

Understanding of the physics of microwave remote sensing of the environment (natural and man‑made).

Experience with Synthetic Aperture Radar, and with the related data processing functions.

Several years of experience with advanced data analysis and data science techniques and with machine learning, with a focus on deep learning.

Working experience with scientific software development, testing, maintenance and operations.

About ESA-ESTEC
The European Space Agency (ESA) has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has grown into ESA’s largest establishment and the technical and organizational hub of Europe’s space sector. Missions designed and tested at ESTEC are circling Earth, have landed on planetary bodies and have probed far into the Solar System. The infrastructure and equipment assembled here, together with the expert know‑how of its 2800 personnel, make ESTEC a unique resource for Europe.

The work done here by teams skilled in every aspect of engineering for space has enabled the creation of novel communication, navigation and information services, creating new jobs and growth while improving the lives of European and world citizens.

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