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    4. Earth Observation Engineer Luton 2024
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    A great opportunity for a person with an interest in Earth Observation (EO), satellite data systems and data processing, to join our UK team.

    Objective

    To contribute to operational and science-based services and system developments for national, and international EO programmes.

    Responsibilities/ Duties

    The successful candidate will be expected to;

    • Support services to ESA for Instrument Data quality Evaluation and Analysis Service (IDEAS-QA4EO) and including the Earthnet Data Assessment Pilot (EDAP)
    • Interact with expert customers and partners on mission data issues
    • Perform routine quality control of operational and reprocessed EO data products
    • Produce quality reports on mission data
    • Identify and investigate quality issues and anomalies
    • Research and respond to technical user queries
    • Use programming to automate/ enhance routine procedures
    • Contribute to posters, publications and presentations at meetings/ conferences
    • Contribute to technical proposal authoring to win new work
    • Carry out occasional travel to conferences/ customer sites

    Qualifications/Experience

    • Minimum - BSc in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and/or Geography
    • No experience needed, training will be provided.

    Essential:

    • Interest in working to support an operational ESA mission
    • Interested to learn about Earth Observation data products, data QC etc.
    • Familiarity with Linux operating system environment
    • Familiarity with computing languages such as Python.
    • Good organisational and communication skills
    • Ability to plan and prioritise activities
    • Motivated and proactive, taking responsibility for tasks
    • Attention to detail

    Desirable:

    • Some experience in Earth Observation
    • Some knowledge or understanding of SMOS mission
    • Some knowledge or understanding of EO data processing
    • Some experience in a customer facing role
    • Proficiency with MATLAB and scripting languages
    • Proficiency in writing technical documents

    Qualities:

    • Comfortable in a (scientific) customer facing role
    • Self-motivated and creative individual
    • Positive, “can-do” approach
    • Willingness to adapt role to meet current needs
    • Encouraging and supportive of team co-workers