About

Florian Havard

Fourth-year engineering student at ESTACA, Space track (launchers and satellites). Seeking a 4- to 5-month internship between May and September 2027, ideally abroad.

florian.havard@estaca.euLinkedIn

Florian Havard in the ESO student society polo

What I am looking for

A 4- to 5-month internship between May and September 2027, in the space industry, ideally abroad. I am open to a range of engineering roles in the field, from mechanical design and systems work to integration and testing.

In a project, what I enjoy most is understanding the physics of the system, and looking for the configurations where it might not work as planned before they show up.

Background

  1. 2026 to 2027

    Co-lead of the ESL rocket program, ESL-2 project manager

    Estaca Space Odyssey student society. Planning, budgets, recruiting and the embedded systems team. See the project

  2. 2025 to 2026

    ESL program lead and ESL-2 recovery team project manager

    Third-year PITA project. I did all the CAD and took the prototype through assembly, integration and a bench ejection test. See the project

  3. 2025

    Design office intern at Hemeria, Toulouse, 5 weeks

    A calculation tool to help integrate electrical harnesses on satellites, in C++ with OpenCascade.

  4. 2024 to 2025

    MF39 Velocity Raptor project manager

    MiniRockets program of the student society, nominal flight at C'Space 2025. See the project

  5. 2024

    Workshop intern at Speedy, Aubagne, 1 month

    Vehicle maintenance and spare parts stock.

  6. 2023 to 2028

    ESTACA, engineering degree, Space track

    Launchers and satellites, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

  7. 2023

    Baccalauréat with highest honors, mathematics and physics

    Lycée Joliot Curie, Aubagne.

Languages and interests

French (native), English (B2, TOEIC 925/990), German (A2).

Astrophotography and astronomy for several years, piano (11 years), guitar (2 years), tennis and mountain biking.