SXS: We foster careers in space from Switzerland

USI Career Service is the career partner of Space Exchange Switzerland (SXS), the new national platform for the promotion of space in Switzerland, funded by the Swiss Space Office (SSO) of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SEFRI). The SXS consortium comprises five partners: EPFL Lausanne (Leading House), ETH Zurich, UZH Zurich, FHNW Brugg, and USI Lugano.

The role of the USI Career Service is to attract young talents who are studying or have studied at Swiss universities to pursue a career in the space sector. Thanks to the USI Career Service, ESA has recorded a 610% increase in internship applications from Swiss students over the past five years.

See here all the SXS career opportunities.
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Are you a Master's student or recent Graduate in Computer Science, Economics, Communication, Biomedicine, or Architecture at USI and interested in an internship or a job at the European Space Agency (ESA)?

ESA offers opportunities to Master's graduates and recent graduates in Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science/Robotics/Cybersecurity/IT/Data Science, Business, and Communication.

• ESA Internships: short-term internships (3-6 months); applications open in November.

• ESA Graduate Traineeships (EGT): one-year contracts working on space projects.

• ESA Junior Professional Programme (JPP): four-year contracts for Master's graduates with up to 3 years of professional experience.

Discover all opportunities for students and recent graduates: Careers at ESA.

COUNSELING FOR SPACE CAREERS

SXS and the USI Career Service support your application from Switzerland:
Request personalized counselling

• Get in touch with USI Counsellors
• You can also count on the firsthand experience of Camillo Malnati (MSc in Software & Data Engineering, USI 2020), a USI Alumnus and former participant in the ESA Young Graduate Trainee Programme (YGT), currently pursuing a career in the space sector.
• Watch the video "SXS Career: Tips for an Impactful Job Application"
• Watch the interview with astronaut Claude Nicollier

SPACE INTERNSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS

If you study at a university or professional school in Switzerland and are selected for a foreign-based space internship, you can apply to the USI Career service for a Mobility SXS/Movetia Scholarship.
Find all the details here.

INTERNSHIP

Already 40 students have completed their internships at space agencies @ ESA and @ NASA/JPL, as well as in private companies.

• Overall satisfaction rating: 4.3 / 5

Use ESA Match to find companies active in the space sector and identify the opportunities best suited to your profile.
Explore the Swiss space ecosystem to discover the variety of organizations operating in this sector

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