General profile required for applying to the S&GS Group:

Education profile:

MSc or PhD from a university or high school with orientation in: 

• Aerospace Engineering;
• Space Sciences;
• Earth Observation/GIS;
• Virtual/Augmented Reality;
• Robotics;
• Software Engineering.

Experience:

Experience in one of the following domains and subdomains: 

• Missions Analysis and Simulation: 
• Rendezvous and docking analysis;
• Launch and re-entry;
• Lunar and Mars orbit transfers;
• Satellite swarms;
• Formation flying.
•  Ground Segment Facilities Design:
• Mission Control Systems (e.g. SCOS-2000);
• Mission Information Databases;
• Automation Frameworks;
• Planning and Scheduling tools;
• Mission Data Processors;
• Products Archiving Systems;
• Ground Stations Equipment;
• Electrical Ground Support Equipment.
•  Spacecraft Systems Design:
• GNC/AOC Subsystems;
• Data Management Subsystem;
• Communications Subsystem;
• Spacecraft Bus technology;
• Crew HMI and Avionics Subsystem;
• Ergonomy and Situational Awareness.
•  Virtual/Augmented Reality:
• Games/Animation Applications;
• Aerospace/Automotive Applications;
• Embedded Devices (PDAs, Smartphones) Applications;
• Scripting tools;
• Simulation tools.
•  Robotic Systems Design:
• Mobile Robots;
• Base Stations;
• Human Robot Interactions (HRI);
• Sensors;
• SLAM techniques;
• Path/Motion Planning;
• Machine Learning;
• Stereovision;
• Exoskeletons;
• Haptics.
•  Software Engineering:
• Object Oriented Design;
• Service Oriented Architectures (SOA);
• Web Based Techniques;
• User Interfaces Design and Implementation;
• Software life cycles;
• Technical Documents Production (Specifcations, Architecture Design,Test Plans, Software User Manuels, etc.);
• ECSS and CCSDS Standards;
• Real-time and Non Real-time Embedded Systems.

 Practical experience with some of the following techniques and tools:

• MATLAB/SIMULINK;
• MODELLICA;
• EUROSIM;
• STK;
• Player/Stage;
• Microsoft Robotics Studio;
• Physics/Rigid Body Dynamics Modelling Engines (e.g. ODE);
• CAD Tools (e.g. SOLIDEDGE, SOLIDWORKS);
• 3D Modelling Tools (e.g. MAYA, 3DStudioMax, Blender);
• Service Oriented Architecture (e.g. ServiceMix);
• Unified Modelling Language (UML);
• Programming Languages and Tools ( C, C++, C#, Java, XML-related 
• Technology, Python, embedded SQL);
• Graphics Libraries and Toolkits (e.g. OpenGL, GLStudio, VAPS);
• Embedded Devices Programming Tools.

Preference will be given to candidates with a previous internship or employment in the industry or a space agency.