CLC Space is currently recruiting a consultant to provide Copernicus Altimetry Science support at their client’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.
JOB DESCRIPTION
To provide consultancy support to the Remote Sensing and Products Division (RSP) in the Technical and Scientific Support (TSS) Department in the area of Altimetry science and product processing. Your responsibilities will cover methodology, prototyping, product evolution and validation for processing data from the EUMETSAT Copernicus Sentinel-3 and Jason-3 space borne altimetry missions
The tasks will be carried out at our client's facilities in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe will be necessary to follow the Copernicus activities
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
You will provide consultancy to the Altimetry team in the Marine Applications section of the Remote Sensing and Products Division. Your tasks as a Altimeter Processing Expert will typically include:
• Specification and prototyping of new processing concepts for altimeter processing chains, in particular addressing Synthetic Aperture Radar/Delayed Doppler altimetry;
• Specification and prototyping of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains;
• Contributing to operational processor evolution and maintenance activities;
• Validation of altimetry prototype and operational products;
• Quality assessment and monitoring of altimetry products;
• Supporting the commissioning and cal/val of altimetry missions
YOUR PROFILE
In addition to having a University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, you shall have, as a pre-requisite, a demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of altimeter products processing systems.
This experience shall include at least five years:
• experience in algorithm development for operational Earth Observation missions;
• experience in scientific coding on Unix-based platforms in C, C++, or Fortran;
• detailed knowledge of established altimeters, e.g. ERS-1/2 RA, Envisat RA-2, CryoSat SIRAL, SARAL/AltiKa, Jason-1/2/3, Sentinel-3 SRAL, etc.;
• experience with Delay-Doppler / Synthetic Aperture Radar altimetry techniques;
• experience in processing, analysis, and cal/val of altimeter data;
• experience with operational scientific data processing implementations would be an advantage;
• experience in interfacing with scientific organisations and user communities would be an advantage.
The position requires good interpersonal, communication and reporting skills, combined with the ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language