LEAD ENGINEER SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING (D/F/M)

Job Description:

Airbus Protect brings together experts in the fields of cybersecurity, safety and sustainability. We deliver expertise to our own group, Airbus, for whom we act as a privileged partner, but also to external clients.

With more than 1.600 experienced professionals based in Germany, France and the UK, we service large-scale contracts with companies such as critical infrastructures (CNI), other industries and public institutions. Our positioning and strategy enable us to meet the highest standards of the market and to meet the challenges of tomorrow as a team... together with you!

Your Location

At the Airbus site in Friedrichshafen you will be working on innovation where others spend their holidays. Enjoy panoramic views of Lake Constance while having lunch in our canteen. And after work, join one of our many corporate sports groups to go running, sailing or skiing. ​

Your benefits

• Mobile working and flexible working hours

• Fair and attractive remuneration and special payments

• 30 days' holiday and additional days off for special occasions

• Intensive induction and expert support as part of onboarding in the form of personalized onboarding with a personal mentor

• Excellent training opportunities and promising development prospects

• Attractive social benefits and offers, including employer-financed pension scheme, employee share options, discounted car leasing, bike leasing, special conditions for insurance, employee benefits at cooperating companies

• On-site facilities (depending on location) e.g. canteen and cafeteria, fitness studio, on-site kindergarten, company medical service and other health-related services

This position is part of our Safety Business Unit, which aims to enable safer, greener and more inclusive industries and transportation systems

Your tasks and responsibilities​

• Design, prototyping and analysis of algorithms for the geometric, radiometric and spectral processing of remote sensing data from space born instruments (imager, radar, sounder)

• Definition, implementation and use of simulations models to generate representative data for the analysis of these algorithms, covering the scene of observation, the instrument signal path and the relevant satellite characteristics

• Establishment of specifications and verification plans for end-to-end simulators supporting performance assessments and the operational processing of satellite remote sensing data

• Acquisition of an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the measurement principles of space-born remote sensing instruments and the related instrument and satellite induced measurement distortions as well as the corresponding corrective data processing approaches

• Establishment of good working relationships to Space System projects and the international scientific and engineering community

• Understanding customer’s usage of the different remote sensing data products and the resulting needs on the data content, quality and reliability

Required qualifications

The work task requires knowledge and skills, as usually provided by a relevant, completed degree with a standard period of study of up to 4 years in the area of Physics, Mathematics, Aeorospace, Electrical Engineering or equivalent ​​, a standard period of study of more than 4 years and related extended subject-specific additional qualifications or completed vocational training with a corresponding, particularly extensive, subject-specific additional qualification can be acquired. The overall knowledge and experience required may have been acquired in other ways

Required skills

• Extensive knowledge and experience in the above-mentioned areas of responsibility

• Proven expertise in at least one of the following domains: image processing, geometric data processing (geolocation), geodesy, spectrometer or interferometer or radar data processing, Earth remote sensing, space instrument design and performance

•  Broad physical and mathematical background

•  General knowledge in numerical modelling and simulation

•  Software Engineering background (Git, Continuous Integration, S/W builds)

•  Knowledge and experience in programming such as C++ and Python (or Matlab)

•  Experience working in an agile S/W project (Scrum) is an asset

•  Background in processes and standards in space industry is an asset

• Ability and enthusiasm to rigorously and reliably perform the detailed day-to-day design and analyses task.

• Ability to integrate into a multinational team and to establish good relationships with international customers, subcontractors, laboratories and scientific institutions

• Motivation and Initiative to bring in ideas to further develop the field of data processing

• Willingness to travel domestically and abroad

• Language skills: English and German fluent (at least language level B2)

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This activity requires awareness of potential compliance risks and integrity. Both are essential for the company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Protect GmbH

Contract Type:

Permanent

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Computing&Comm and Info& Data Processing <JF-EN-EB>

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