Payload Data Processing Development Engineer; d​/m​/w - Inklusiver

Payload Data Processing Development Engineer (d/m/w) – Inklusiver Job 🚚 🚻 🚕 Airbus
• Immenstaad am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, DE

Job Description:

In order to support the "Payload Data Processing" team, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Development Engineer (d/f/m).

At the Airbus site in Immenstaad you will be working on innovation where others spend their holidays. Enjoy panoramic views of Lake Constance while having lunch in our canteen. And after work, join one of our many corporate sports groups to go running, sailing or skiing.

• Attractive salary and special payments
• 30 days paid vacation and extra days‑off for special occasions
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group‑wide development prospects
• Special benefits: employer‑funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies
• On‑site facilities: kindergarten close to the site, medical officer for check‑ups and other health‑related services, lake‑view canteen and cafeteria
• Company sports and leisure activities such as sailing, tennis and winter sports
• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part‑time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

This position requires the acquisition of an in‑depth understanding and knowledge of the measurement principles of space‑born remote sensing instruments and the related instrument and satellite induced measurement distortions as well as the corresponding corrective data processing approaches. This applies the establishment of good working relationships to Space System projects and the international scientific and engineering community. In the mid‑term perspective, the successful candidate (d/f/m) will have to understand customers’ usage of the different remote sensing data products and the resulting needs on the data content, quality and reliability.

• Design, prototyping and analysis of algorithms for the geometric, radiometric and spectral processing of remote sensing data from space‑born instruments (imager, radar, sounder)
• Definition, implementation and use of simulation models to generate representative data for the analysis of these algorithms, covering the scene of observation, the instrument signal path and the relevant satellite characteristics
• Establishment of specifications and verification plans for end‑to‑end simulators supporting performance assessments and the operational processing of satellite remote sensing data.

• Master degree in Engineering / Simulations, Modeling, or Physics, Mathematics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering equivalent
• Proven expertise in at least one of the following domains: image processing, geometric data processing (geolocation), geodesy, spectrometer or interferometer or radar data processing, Earth remote sensing, space instrument design and performance
• Broad physical and mathematical background
• General knowledge in numerical modelling and simulation
• Software Engineering background (Git, Continuous Integration, S/W builds)
• Knowledge and experience in programming such as C++ and Python (or Matlab)
• Experience working in an agile S/W project (Scrum) is an asset
• Background in processes and standards in space industry is an asset
• English/German: fluent

• Ability and enthusiasm to rigorously and reliably perform the detailed day‑to‑day design and analyses task.
• Ability to integrate into a multinational team and to establish good relationships with international customers, subcontractors, laboratories and scientific institutions.
• Motivation and initiative to bring in ideas to further develop the field of data processing.

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