Remote Sensing Engineer - Cloud Products

Job Description:

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team at EUMETSAT, supporting the exploitation of EUMETSAT missions such as MSG, MTG, EPS, EPS-SG and Sentinel-3. The main focus is on MTG and  EPS-SG. 

The work centres on the development and verification of cloud products derived from satellite data, specifically cloud mask, cloud type, and cloud top height. Responsibilities also encompass snow/ice, dust, and volcanic ash detection, the generation of clear-sky reflectance climatologies, the production of all-sky radiance products, and support for active fire monitoring. 

Key Responsibilities

Scientific Development

• Improve and evaluate cloud products scientifically

• Focus specifically on contributions to MTG and EPS-SG missions

Prototyping

• Develop prototype processors for MTG and EPS-SG

Operational Processing

• Build hands-on experience with EUMETSAT's Level-2 processing systems

Calibration & Validation (Cal/Val)

• Support the development of tools used to calibrate and validate satellite products

Programme Support

• Respond to requests from GEO and LEO programmes (e.g. reviews, documentation)

• Help verify the Level-2 processing systems for both MTG and EPS-SG

Test Data Sets (TDS)

• Generate test datasets for MTG and EPS-SG activities

• Create test datasets to assess the impact of instrumental anomalies

Climate Data Records (CDR)

• Contribute to the generation and validation of long-term climate data records

General Contributions

• Take part in studies and progress meetings, providing input on scientific content

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Good engineering background in related fields such as Earth observation, data processing, remote sensing etc.

• Level-2 processing of satellite data

• Solid background in Python (PyTroll), IDL, Matlab, C++, Java and Fortran on LINUX systems

• Scientific documentation and review participation

• Algorithm development/prototype development

• Fluency in English

Seniority: Expert

Primary Location: DE - Darmstadt - EUMETSAT

Contract Type: Employee-Permanent

Hybrid Working: Onsite