Corso di Studi in Ingegneria dell'Automazione

The European Space Agency has opened the application window (1st Feb - 1st Mar) for the 2021 Young Graduate Trainee Programme.

This round, a YGT position has opened also within our team working on the Sample Fetch Rover and Sample Transfer Arm, which are the European contributions to the Mars Sample Return Campaign, whose surface mission is about to begin in two weeks time with NASA/JPL Perseverance landing on Mars.
The ESA Sample Fetch Rover will be responsible to collect and store the individual sample tubes, prepared by NASA/JPL Perseverance, and safely transport them back to the NASA/JPL Sample Return Lander, where they will be retrieved by the ESA Sample Trasfer Arm.
SFR will carry a novel robotic payload, the SFR Fetching System, equipped with computer vision for the autonomous detection of the sample tubes on the Martian surface, and a dexterous robotic arm and gripper for the autonomous pick-up, manipulation and storage of the samples.

We are looking for a young individual that has recently completed or is about to complete her/his Master degree, with some background in robot manipulation, machine vision, path planning, and/or robot simulation environments.
To be eligible the candidates are required to hold citizenship of one of the ESA Member or Cooperating States, which include most of Europe and Canada.
The selected YGT will become a member of the SFR Fetching System Team in ESTEC (The Netherlands), working closely with our industrial partners.

For more information on the role and activities, please visit the job vacancy page: https://career2.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=esa&career_job_req_id=12035

Please spread the word among your colleagues and students who might be interested.

The deadline for applications is 1st March 2021.

For more info on Mars Sample Return and the Sample Fetch Rover, please visit:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Mars_sample_return
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2020/02/Sample_Fetch_Rover_for_Mars_Sample_Return_campaign
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-sample-return-msr

For more info on the YGT programme, please visit:
https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/careers/ESA_YGT_Programme_2021.pdf
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA/Apply_now_for_the_2021_YGT_opportunities