Head of the Technology Program

Academic Positions

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
permanent
Posted June 10, 2026

Job Description

Are you our new colleague?

We are looking for a Program Lead with a vision for the future of technology for space research to become the new Head of the SRON Technology Program.

SRON is the space research expert institute in the Netherlands, where we combine a high level of space science with development and engineering of the next generation space instruments. We work together with international partners and develop groundbreaking technology and advanced space instruments.

Your position and team

The Head of the SRON technology program oversees a base research budget of 2.5 M annually, complemented by roughly 1 M/yr external funding from personal research grants, ESA contracts, and other funding sources. In addition to the staff scientists, postdocs, and PhD students in the Technology Group itself, this annual program budget funds roughly 15 instrument scientists, lithographers, and engineers in the SRON expertise groups supporting...