DEFINE THE SCIENTIFIC ROADMAP

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Head of Science — Space Weather and Space Environment

Paris, France

• Hybrid workingPermanent position (CDI)
• Full-timePosted September 2026

Build and lead Augura Space's scientific team: define the scientific roadmap, guarantee the quality and robustness of our models, and turn cutting-edge research into operational services used by our customers. Start date as soon as possible.

About Augura Space

Augura Space develops operational space weather monitoring, forecasting and diagnostic services to help operators and critical infrastructure anticipate and mitigate its impacts.

We combine space physics, data science and artificial intelligence to transform scientific observations and models into actionable information for operators, including risk levels, tailored forecasts, alerts and post-event analyses.

Our Initial Developments Focus On

• the satellite radiation environment in LEO, MEO and GEO;
• the thermosphere and atmospheric drag in LEO/VLEO;
• ionospheric disturbances affecting GNSS and communications;
• anomaly attribution and the assessment of operational impacts.

Building on research conducted at CNES, Augura Space already works with space agencies, satellite operators, industrial companies and institutional stakeholders. The company is supported by Agoranov and 50 Partners and received the Sovereignty Grand Prize at the 2025 i-PhD competition.

We are now building our scientific team and are looking for the person who will lead it.

Your mission

As Head of Science, you will build and lead Augura Space's scientific team.

You will define the company's scientific roadmap, ensure the quality and robustness of our models, and help turn cutting-edge research into operational services used by our customers.

The position combines scientific leadership, team management and direct contributions to research and development. During the first few years, it will remain strongly hands-on.

You will work directly with the CEO, the scientific team and the engineering team.

Your responsibilities

Define the scientific roadmap

• Define and prioritise Augura Space's scientific directions based on the underlying physics, operational needs and product strategy.
• Structure our work on radiation, the thermosphere and atmospheric drag, followed by the ionosphere and GNSS disturbances.
• Balance exploratory research, improvements to existing models and the development of new capabilities.
• Monitor emerging scientific and technological developments in models, datasets, instruments and methodologies.

Ensure the scientific quality of our products

• Define the datasets, benchmarks and metrics used to evaluate our models.
• Organise backtesting and comparisons with reference models and services.
• Quantify the uncertainties and confidence levels associated with our forecasts.
• Establish the criteria used to determine when a model is sufficiently robust for integration into an operational service.
• Implement shared methods for validation, documentation and scientific review.

Build and manage the scientific team

• Manage the scientists and data scientists currently working with Augura Space, as well as future hires.
• Define objectives, allocate work and organise scientific reviews.
• Support the technical and scientific development of team members.
• Contribute to recruitment within the scientific team.
• Help supervise PhD projects, particularly through CIFRE industrial PhDs and academic collaborations.

Connect science, technology and operational use cases

• Translate operator and customer needs into tractable scientific problems.
• Work with the engineering team to industrialise models and deploy them in production.
• Define product inputs, outputs, performance levels, uncertainties and limitations.
• Contribute to complex scientific analyses and post-event diagnostics.
• Ensure that developments carried out within specific projects strengthen Augura Space's shared scientific and product foundations.