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Remote Sensing Scientist Ocean Colour
2020-06-15 17:13:14| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
EUMETSAT is Europes meteorological satellite agency monitoring the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year We are currently looking for an experienced Remote Sensing Scientist to join our international team of dynamic and inspiring engineers and industry professionals based in Darmstadt, Germany, tasked with driving innovation within the Space, Satellite and Earth Observation sector. This role is rooted in the mission of EUMETSAT and will provide the opportunity to work with leading IT, Space and Earth Observation organisations and domain experts to make a positive impact on society! BACKGROUND Under a Copernicusdedicated programme, EUMETSAT operates four Copernicus Sentinel missions on behalf of the European Union, including the Sentinel3 mission dedicated to monitoring of ocean colour, sea surface temperature and ocean surface topography. In addition, Meteosat Third Generation MTG and the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation EPSSG, the next generation EUMETSAT satellite systems to be deployed in the next five years have some ocean colour observation capability. As a member of the Marine Applications Competence Area of the Remote Sensing and Products RSP Division, the Remote Sensing Scientist Ocean Colour will support the definition, prototyping, implementation, validation and evolution of operational ocean colour products, focusing on Sentinel3. DUTIES Support the prototyping and operational implementation of advanced algorithms for improved and new marine ocean colour products from the Copernicus Sentinel3 and other EUMETSAT missions Provide product quality analysis and longterm quality monitoring of operational ocean colour products at EUMETSAT Plan, develop and perform ocean colour product calibration and validation activities, including the development of tools and methodologies for validation with Fiducial Reference Measurements and insitu data Support Sentinel3 mission operations with respect to processing anomalies, change requests, new processing baselines, and baseline regression testing Support the ocean colour product recalibration and reprocessing activities as required Maintain an in depth understanding of the observational capabilities of spaceborne ocean colour instrument Play an active role in relevant operational and scientific interactions with the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service and the ocean colour user communities Support and manage external studies relevant for the development of new or improved productsparametersconcepts. What we offer Excellent salary, of up to Euro 7,500 month NET after tax and deductions based on skills and experience Flexible working time including additional flexileave Full medical coverage for employee and family Attractive final salary pension 30 days of annual leave 14.5 days public holidays Training and development support Relocation allowance and support if applicable SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Indepth scientific knowledge of spaceborne optical observations of the ocean, in particular for Ocean Colour Radiometry Proven experience of processing of largevolumes of data from relevant spaceborne instruments Experience of working in a UNIX environment and with scientificallyoriented coding languages, CC and Python. JavaScript is an advantage Proficiency with scientific algorithm prototyping in IDL andor MATLAB Demonstrable experience with scientific development projects and working with ocean colour researchers and user communities Strengths in analysis, synthesis and presentation, coupled with good interpersonal skills and a proven ability to apply these to the interactions within and between teams. QUALIFICATIONS An advanced university degree or equivalent in remote sensing, physics, oceanography or another relevant discipline is required. LANGUAGE EUMETSAT is an international organisation with a working language of English. German language is not required to work here. More about us As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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