Data Science Support Engineer

Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled Data Science Support Engineer to the Evaluation Team to work there.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration

What is expected from you:

• Planning and scheduling of evaluations and ad-hoc projects
• Research activities related to economy, space economy and related topics
• Qualitative analyses using appropriate approaches like interviews, surveys, focus groups, content analysis, peer-reviews etc…
• Maintenance and further development of the Digital Twin and data models available in ESA and DG-AE, leveraging IT tools, SQL language, and data integration.

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• Provision of comprehensive support in preparing, cleaning, and validating data from multiple sources, including SQL Server, Excel, APIs, SharePoint, and Cloud, ensuring datasets are complete, consistent, and analysis-ready.
• Data Analysis to discover patterns, generate new insights and make recommendations
• Data visualisation solutions using Power BI or other tools.
• Creation of information retrieval applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and embedded models.
• Delivery advanced analytics from structured and unstructured data sources, leveraging AI, ML models (e.g. PyTorch), ML libraries (e.g. Scikit-learn, Hugging Face transformers), Prompt Engineering, Python, fine-tuning and model optimization.
• Provision of analytical reports and research on a variety of formats as requested by the Technical Responsible (e.g. documents, research papers, datasets, presentations, interactive dashboards)
• Support to meetings with the relevant stakeholders, both internal and external to the Agency.
• Collaboration with other ESA functions to expand the model and develop relevant services and deliverables, as prioritised
• Support the other activities of the team, documentation & transfer of knowledge.

What you offer:

• University Master’s degree in related field.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
• Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
• Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
• Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
• A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;

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• A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
• Travel allowance;
• Extensive relocation package

Where:

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC

When

Deadline to apply: ASAP

Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!