Working Student- Ecodesign

Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.

We are looking for a motivated working student to join us as a Working Student- Ecodesign to help in our LCA tools.

Tasks

As our Ecodesign Working Student, your role will evolve alongside our projects and ambitions. On a day-to-day basis, you'll be:

- Improving and expanding our internal Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools, refactoring Python scripts to make them more robust, modular, and easier to build on over time.

- Supporting the integration of AI agents into our Ecodesign and LCA workflows.

- Keeping our scripts and data pipelines up to date with the latest LCA standards, so that results are traceable, reproducible, and hold up to scrutiny.

- Running Life Cycle Assessments on actual projects, products, and components in development at The Exploration Company.

- Identifying where our environmental footprint is largest, across materials, manufacturing, operations, and end-of-life, and flagging where improvements are possible.

- Quantifying the environmental impact of design decisions, comparing scenarios, and presenting trade-offs with clear assumptions and sensitivity checks.

- Contributing to how we develop and document LCA methodologies internally, so that others across the company can run consistent, reliable assessments.

- Presenting your findings to both technical and non-technical colleagues, and translating what the numbers mean into concrete, actionable recommendations.

Qualifications & Background

- Bachelor's or Master's student in Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or a related field, with a solid technical foundation.

- Good Python skills and a strong interest in writing code that's clean, well-documented, and maintainable.

- Some familiarity with Life Cyc...