Do you want to be part of the space future? As support to a European space organisation we are looking for an Multi-Sensor Aerosol Product Engineer

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products for its users. You will be working on-site as a member of the LEO Team. Tasks will include:

• Developing operational processor for multi-sensor satellite retrievals of aerosol optical properties from Metop data;
• Integrating the processor into the operational product processing chain;
• Developing functional, performance and quality monitoring processes;
• Analysis of processor performance and product quality;
• Supporting the validation of aerosol products from EPS.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree or equivalent in remote sensing or in a relevant discipline;
• Several years experience of the development of software for the processing of satellite or meteorological data;
• UNIX application development and testing in C/C++ and scripting languages;
• Quality control of satellite data and products;
• Build environments and tools (make, imake, eclipse, insure++, Subversion or CVS);
• Knowledge of the EPS missions and instruments;
• Aerosol optical properties retrieval from satellite data;
• Calibration and validation of satellite products;
• Fluency in English is mandatory, some knowledge of French would be an asset.

Starting date: March 2011

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative team awaits you. You will benefit from focused training and personal development bundled with a competitive salary.

Please note: Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you already hold a work permit for Germany.

HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration. We open the door to working directly on-site with our principal customers in the space sector who rank amongst the top 25 engineering employers in Europe: EADS and the European Space Agency.