Satellite-based navigation and surveillance services for European air traffic management
ESSP operates the European EGNOS satellite augmentation system, a critical piece of pan-European air navigation infrastructure owned by seven national air traffic service providers. The company's tech stack—SATCOM, GNSS, Polarion for requirements management, plus MATLAB and C/C++ for signal processing—reflects the regulatory and safety constraints of aerospace systems. Current hiring is heavily skewed toward senior engineers (8 of 16 open roles) with a 3-person security team, suggesting both operational maturity and intensifying compliance demands as they scale new satellite service contracts and roll out EGNOS v3.
ESSP is a satellite services provider delivering Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) infrastructure to European air traffic management. The company operates EGNOS (European satellite augmentation system), which enhances GPS accuracy for civil and military aviation across the continent. ESSP is jointly owned by the seven primary air navigation service providers in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, the UK, Italy, and Portugal, giving it unique regulatory standing and customer integration. Operations span dual headquarters in Toulouse and Madrid, with active service delivery under strict aviation certification requirements and a project pipeline centered on EGNOS v3 development, new service contracts, and performance coverage extension.
ESSP operates EGNOS, a satellite-based augmentation system that improves GPS accuracy for aviation navigation and surveillance across Europe. The company also provides broader Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) services to air traffic management.
ESSP has dual headquarters in Toulouse, France and Madrid, Spain. The Madrid office is located in Torrejón de Ardoz.
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