Telespazio
Integrated Computational Materials Engineer (ICME)
TelespazioNetherlands14 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyManagement, Manufacturing
Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 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. 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.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled Integrated Computational Materials Engineer (ICME) to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What Is Expected From You

  • Develop and apply multiscale modelling approaches, integrating models across electronic/atomistic, mesoscale, and continuum levels to capture process–structure–property–performance relationships in advanced materials and components.
  • Utilize simulation tools such as molecular dynamics (MD), smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH), phase-field simulations, and finite element methods (FEM) to predict material behaviour and support design decisions.
  • Employ materials informatics and data analysis techniques, including computational thermodynamics, kinetics, and machine learning, to analyse large datasets and accelerate materials discovery and optimization.
  • Automate simulation workflows, data visualization, and property predictions using programming languages such as Python.
  • Collaborate across disciplines (materials science, engineering, chemistry, physics, computer science) to integrate diverse models and software, ensuring interoperability between modelling platforms and simulation environments.
  • Model metallurgical processes (casting, forming, joining, additive manufacturing), including process optimization, failure analysis, and prediction of microstructure evolution and component performance.
  • Apply computational tools to solve real-world engineering challenges, accelerate materials development cycles, and optimize design for industrial and space applications.
  • Stay updated with advances in high-performance computing, multiscale simulations, and emerging computational techniques to drive innovation in materials engineering.
  • Support the establishment and implementation of standards for computational materials engineering and contribute to the development of best practices and guidelines within the Agency.

What You Offer

  • Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in materials science, materials engineering, computational physics, or a related field, with several years’ experience in computational modelling and simulation, preferably in aerospace or advanced manufacturing.
  • Demonstrated expertise in multiscale modelling, materials informatics, and the use of advanced simulation tools.
  • Strong programming skills and experience automating computational workflows.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively, autonomously, and cooperatively in a diverse and international team environment, defining and implementing solutions in line with team and individual objectives, as well as project deadlines.
  • Beneficial Skills:
  • Experience with Linux-based computing environments (e.g., Red Hat), Conda, Apptainer/Singularity, MPI, JIT/JAX (GPU-based computing), Python, C/C++, and numerical computing techniques.
  • Familiarity with advanced simulation methods such as Molecular Dynamics (MD), Spherical Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Phase Field simulation, and Cellular Automata (CA).
  • Highly beneficial: Experience with workflow automation tools such as Kubernetes, Jenkins, Airflow, or similar platforms for managing and scaling computational pipelines.
  • Highly beneficial soft skill: Intrinsic motivation for continuous learning and continuous adaptation to new computational methods, tools, and scientific developments.
  • Ability to integrate and manage complex simulation workflows and ensure reproducibility and traceability of computational results.

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

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;
  • 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 either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!

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