Career Profiles

The Space Industry is bursting with endless possibilities and career paths. You might be amazed at how fields like maths, physics, chemistry, engineering, and computing intersect with the cutting-edge world of space exploration. Discover inspiring career stories below and see how these professionals are shaping the future of the Space sector.

Featured Profile

Bas Stijnen

Bas Stijnen

PhD candidate at UCD Mechanics and Materials Engineering

Thomas Ormston

Deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager for Sentinel-1 – ESOC

Rita Malosti

Research and Development Manager- MBRYONICS Ltd

Parshati Patel

Astrophysicist & Science Communicator

Niamh McDermott

Systems Engineer - Réaltra Space Systems Engineering

Mark Kennedy

School of Physics Lecturer at UCC

Maeve Doyle

Flight software & operations scientist – UCD

Lisa McNamee

Medical Officer - Irish Defence Forces

Giovanni Franzini

Principal Research Engineer at Collins Aerospace

Lee Barry

Operations Manager – Varadis

Kevin O’Neill

Chief Executive Officer - PixQuanta

John E. Ward

Space Product Manager - Réaltra Space Systems Engineering

Gregory H. Johnson

President - the Advancement of Science in Space and former NASA Astronaut

Giovanna Giardino

Instrument Scientist - European Space Agency

Evan Slattery

Business Development Manager with Aerospace Engineering – SpaceChain

Eimear O’Carroll

CTO and Co- Founder of Lios

Fátima Pinto

Education Office of the European Space Agency

Dr. Norah Patten

Space Enthusiast and Researcher – IComp

Daniel Keaney

The Korolev crater, an 82-kilometre-across feature found in the northern lowlands of Mars.

Daniel Keaney

Astrobiology Researcher/Part-time lecture at MTU

Cuán de Barra

A smaller, close-up cutout from a larger frame featuring the galaxy cluster Abell 2764. It focuses on a bright star lying near to the cluster: V*BP-Phoenicis/ HD 1973, a star within our galaxy and in the southern hemisphere that’s nearly bright enough to be seen with the human eye.

Cuán de Barra

PhD Student in UCD and spacecraft operator for EIRSAT-1

Eibhlin Laffan Downes

Eibhlin Laffan Downes

Systems Engineer at Réaltra Space Systems Engineering

Bas Stijnen

Bas Stijnen

PhD candidate at UCD Mechanics and Materials Engineering

Aubrey Dunne

View of Earth from orbit, focused on north-eastern Africa and the Middle East, showing the Nile River, Red Sea, and Sinai Peninsula.

Aubrey Dunne

Chief Technology Officer at Ubotica Technologies

Aidan Duggan

This image shows examples of gravitational lenses that Euclid captured in its first observations of the Deep Field areas.

Aidan Duggan

PhD Student on the use of Artificial Intelligence in Space