Determination of Mercury’s gravity field from radio-metric data of the spacecraft BepiColombo and ME

Organisation/Company Dip. Ingegneria meccanica e aerospaziale-Sapienza Università di Roma Research Field Engineering Aerospace engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 3 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The research activity will focus on the data analysis of the MORE (Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment) investigation on board ESA’s (European Space Agency) BepiColombo probe during the first year of the mission’s orbital phase. The activity will include regular orbit determination of the spacecraft and the analysis of Doppler and range data to measure Mercury’s gravity field, also including in the analysis the non-gravitational acceleration measurements from the ISA accelerometer and the radio tracking data acquired by NASA’s MESSENGER mission
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Eligibility criteria
up to 40 points for the professional scientific curriculum - up to 30 points for qualifications and publications (max 3) - up to 30 points for the interview REQUIREMENT: PhD in Aerospace Engineering, or or equivalent qualification obtained in Italy or abroad. Knowledge of both Italian and English languages
Italy
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EUROPE
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