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Earth Observation Engineer
2019-12-12 19:11:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary A great opportunity for an aspiring remote sensing or earth observation graduate or professional, with knowledge of satellite Earth observation EO data systems and processing, to join our Luton head office. Objective To contribute to operational and sciencebased services and system developments for national and international, based EO programmes Responsibilities Duties The successful candidate will be expected to Support services to ESA for Earth Explorer and third party missions particular focus on data quality Interact with expert customers on mission data issues Carry out occasional travel to customer sites South East UK Rome Contribute to technical proposal authoring, to win new work Qualifications Experience University Masters degreePhD, or equivalent, in Geography, Physics, Remote Sensing or a related discipline. Support operational processing systems for EO data e.g. level 1 to level 2 and level 3 processing Experience of working with Optical earth observation data, Altimetry or SAR data experience would be beneficial. Experience of using and adapting tools for remote sensing data manipulation Essential Skills Understanding of EO data processing levels Understanding of instrument calibration principles e.g. geometric, radiometric, spectral, etc Data handling and manipulation Technical document authoring Qualities Comfortable in a scientific customer facing role Selfmotivated and creative individual, actively seeking opportunities for the business Positive, cando approach Willingness to adapt role to meet current needs Encouraging and supportive of team coworkers Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. To apply Please send your CV and covering letter to careerstelespazio.com By sending your CV to careerstelespazio.com you give your consent for Telespazio VEGA to hold and process your personal information for the purpose of the application. Benefits Competitive Package covering salary, generous holiday allowance, training plan and more Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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