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Copernicus S3 Ocean Colour Scientist
2015-03-20 12:05:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our main customers, EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for an Ocean Colour Scientist Support. The activities for this consultancy will include scientific and engineering aspects related to the scientific support to both Sentinel3 OLCI Level1 TOA Radiance products and Level2 Ocean Colour products. This will include contributions to the scientific development, maintenance, Level1 and Level2 processors, instrument calibration, algorithm and product validation, verification, routine monitoring and offline analysis of Level1 and Level2 OLCI marine data products in support of the Copernicus Sentinel3 marine mission. The tasks and responsibilities will include Support to validation and verification of Level2 Ocean Colour algorithms and Level2 and Level3 products Support to OLCI instrument characterization and calibration and to verification of Level1 products Support to the scientific and engineering development of calibration and validation methods as well as implementation of new tools and utilisation of existing tools Support to the development of new tools for product processing monitoring and utilisation of existing tools Investigation of anomalies and issues related to Level 1 and Level 2 product quality Support to the setup and operation of product quality monitoring and reporting tools Contribution to the analysis, assessment and maintenance of L1L2 Ocean Colour satellite data processors and algorithms Contribution to scientific development of algorithms to support CalVal activities Contribution to the execution of scientific support studies. The consultant will work in a matrix structure providing crossdivisional support to the Copernicus Sentinel3 Operations Team and will be a member of the oceanography team of experts and scientists of the RSPMASection of the TSS Department. The support will involve crossdivisional interactions and interface with experts in various disciplines system engineering, instruments, operations, science, as well as CalVal experts outside of EUMETSAT. The consultant will work at EUMETSAT Headquarters, located in Darmstadt, Germany. Scientific support consultancy is sought mainly in the areas of optical imaging for oceanography products, in particular for Ocean Colour products. The consultant shall have a University degree in remote sensing, oceanography, physics, or equivalent Good interpersonal skills in support of team work A 5 year or longer experience with satellite Ocean Colour Handson experience with the calibration and the validation of remote sensing products Hands on experience with the development of calibration and product validation methods and tools Familiarity with the precursor to the Sentinel3 Ocean Colour mission Experience with operational satellite data processing Mandatory 5 years of scientific programming skills C, IDLPVWAVE and ENVI or equivalent Skills in writing technical and scientific documents Familiarity with Linux programming environment and Microsoft Office. The following experience would be highly desirable Experience with calibration and characterization of Ocean Colour instruments and with calibration validation Experience in the development and validation of Ocean Colour data processing Experience with the development of product monitoring tools Experience with large data sets. Fluency in English is mandatory as this is the working language at EUMETSAT. The consultant must be able to work effectively in this language. Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace, Semiconductor, Marine and Offshore industries. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. ATG Europe has three main core competencies ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. Our professionals are engaged in innovative projects performing to high standards and utilizing the full extent of their professional knowledge. ATG Projects excels at delivering highly demanding engineering projects in the areas of structural, thermal, composites and flow analysis. Major customers include ESAESTEC, Airbus and Lockheed Martin. From 2008 onward our focus has broadened to other challenging areas such as offshore, energy and high precision. ATG Medialabs ability to visualise technical and scientific complex projects is unmatched worldwide.
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