As support to a European space company we are looking for a GOME-2 Level 1 Calibration & Validation 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 onsite as part of the Low Earth Orbit Support Team within the Meteorological Division. Your tasks will include:

• Analysis of in-flight calibration performance of the Global Ozone Monitoring
• Experiment–2 (GOME-2) instruments on Metop-A and Metop-B;
• Evaluation of the applicability of the on-ground characterisation key data;
• Analysis of the long-term degradation signatures on GOME-2, including from all inflight calibration sources, sun and earthshine data;
• Evaluation of methods for generation of degradation factors cross-calibration and validation of level 1 radiance and polarisation data;
• Development of software for the purposes of analysing the in-flight calibration performance and long-term degradation performance of the GOME-2 instrument;
• Investigation of problems indicated by feedback from level 1 data users;
• Development of software for cross-calibration and validation activities;
• Testing and validation the algorithms and analysis procedures developed;
• Provision of support to the Meteorological Operations Division for long-term;
• Instrument monitoring and implementation and validation of the any proposed inorbit corrections within the operational processing environment;
• Collaboration with internal and external partners as needed.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent;
• Several years of experience in the field of remote sensing product data analysis and of UV/Visible calibration and validation;
• Familiarity with the use of (vector) radiative transfer models;
• Experience in writing concise and comprehensive scientific and technical reports;
• Demonstrated skills in a higher programming language as well as in specification, design and coding of complex product processors and testing and verification of complex data processing systems;
• Ability to work independently as well as good interpersonal skills;
• Fluency in English is mandatory; French would be an asset.

Deadline for application: 03 May 2011

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.