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The European Space Agency has Young Graduate Trainee Opportunuties – including for UK graduates – and now is the time to apply.

If you have recently graduated or will be doing so next summer, and are interested in the development and operation of space missions, then ESA wants to hear from you. They have a programme of high-calibre, one-year Young Graduate Trainee ppportunities, offering young graduates training and experience on a whole host of fields related to space: instrument design, operations, experiments, management, procurement... There's everything from communications to space weather, human spaceflight to Earth observation, and 112 posts on offer in all. This is your chance to get some solid experience that could kickstart your space career.

The YGT posts are open to all nationals of ESA countries, including the UK, and you'll need to create a candidate profile at ESA, to go alongside your CV and a motivation letter, although you can also apply using your LinkedIn profile if you wish. Applicants with a disability should mail contact.human.resources@esa.int for support.

ESA has 112 posts and applications are open until 17 December. Find out more at the YGT pages at ESA or on the new ESA Recruitment site.