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Optical Sensor Calibration Engineer
2016-09-20 17:08:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for an Optical Sensor Calibration Engineer to support our customer in Germany. Optical Sensor Calibration Engineer Key Tasks and Responsibilities As part of the Calibration Team, you will support the calibration of the Ocean and Land Colour Imager OLCI and Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer SLSTR instruments on the Sentinel3 mission and have, among others, the following responsibilities Scientific analysis of the radiometric and spectral calibration of L1 data from OLCI and SLSTR Analysing results of prelaunch and inorbit calibration systems and characterisation data Developing indepth knowledge of the instruments operational processing chain Applying the calibration monitoring tools to OLCI and SLSTR Developing specific components of the calibration monitoring tools to handle Sentinel3 data Analysing results of these tools to provide information on these sensors performance Performing comparisons with other instruments, such as A VHRR, VIIRS, MODIS to gain understanding of the performance of OLCI and SLSTR Using GEOCAL tool developed by ESA to monitor geometric performance. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience A university degree or equivalent in Physics, Remote Sensing, Instrument engineering, or similar Processing of satellite data to generate calibrated L1 datasets in the visible, near andor thermal infrared, as well as L 1 calibrationvalidation Calibration of optical sensors both prelaunch and on orbit Good working knowledge of statistical techniques and understanding of the concepts of calibration and traceability Radiative transfer in the solar andor infrared spectral ranges and experience in applying them for surface andor atmospheric applications Use of data analysis tools, such as MatlabIDL, scripting languages, such as PerlPython and highlevel programming, such as CCFORTRAN on a LinuxUnix environment Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. This job is located in Darmstadt. We welcome applicants who are available from December 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Veronika Horvath at jobshespace.com, quoting job DEDSC3214 before 10Oct16. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!
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