Space Job Search

Space Job Search is an international job board dedicated to the space industry. Our goal is to help organizations to find the best employees and to assist space professionals in their career development thanks to multitude of job opportunities from the best employers.

Space News

  • A long-lost Soviet spacecraft: AI could finally solve the mystery of Luna 9's landing site

    Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate locations for the long-lost landing site of the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft. Publishing their results in npj Space Exploration, the team, led by Lewis Pinault at University College London, hope that their model's predictions could soon be tested using new observations from India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

  • Third exoplanet detected in the planetary system HD 176986

    Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two super-Earth exoplanets. The observations resulted in the discovery of another planet in the system at least several times more massive than Earth. The finding was detailed in a paper published January 28 in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal.

  • How big can a planet be? With very large gas giants, it can be hard to tell

    Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't have hard surfaces. Jupiter and Saturn are the gas giants in our solar system, but there are many other gas giant exoplanets in our galaxy and some are many times larger than Jupiter.

  • SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to moon, Musk says

    SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, founder Elon Musk said Sunday.

  • US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space

    When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.

Space Industry Jobs

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    ALMA Regional Centre Scientist

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    The ALMA Regional Centre (ARC) department at ESO provides the interface between the European ALMA Users Community and the ALMA observatory in Chile. In coordination with the ARCs in the other ALMA partner regions, the ARC at ESO promotes and provides support of the highest standards to the ALMA user community and to...

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    Project Controller

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    This is an excellent opportunity for professionals who have experience in project control and project management within scientific projects and who wish to play a key role in large international projects. You will become part of the Programme Planning and Control Office within the Directorate of Programmes. ...

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    ERP Engineer

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    After more than two decades, ESO is embarking on a major transformation to replace its long-standing ERP system with a modern, cloud-based Oracle Fusion platform. This programme will enhance our operational efficiency, agility, and ability to support ESO's mission at the forefront of ground-based astronomy. The...

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    ERP Business Analyst

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    After more than two decades, ESO is embarking on a major transformation to replace its long-standing ERP system with a modern, cloud-based Oracle Fusion platform. This programme will enhance our operational efficiency, agility, and ability to support ESO's mission at the forefront of ground-based astronomy. The...

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    ALMA Electrical Maintenance Engineer

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    We are seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our team with a minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience. You will act as the off-site technical lead, coordinating and supporting off-site maintenance activities for ESO deliverables to the ALMA Observatory. You will also be responsible for...