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Remote Sensing Expert Atmospheric
2017-11-29 18:16:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary A remote sensing expert with experience of manipulating processing satellite Earth Observation data, to generate scientific results. Objective To contribute to sciencebased services and system developments for national and international, based EO programmes. Responsibilities Duties Support services to ESA for Earth Explorer and third party missions particular focus on data quality Support software engineers to understand and develop processing systems for EO data e.g. level 1 to level 2 and level 3 processing Interact with expert customers on mission data issues Occasional travel to customer sites South East UK Rome Contribute to technical proposal authoring, to win new work Qualifications Experience Relevant postgraduate degree or equivalent experience Experience of full programme lifecycle, from initial expression of need to final results delivery Experience of working with atmospheric sensing data passive andor active Creating 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 Python development Data handling and manipulation Technical document authoring Desirable Skills General knowledge of satellite systems Programming for Scientific Mathematical applications Understanding of meteorological climate systems is an advantage Publishing and presentation to scientific engineering audiences Responding to competitive funding calls Knowledge of LIDAR andor profiling radars an advantage 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. Location of the position is Luton Benefits Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including holiday, life assurance and a contributory pension scheme are offered to the successful candidate 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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