27 Jan Altimetry Processing Engineer

Description
ARESYS is a R&D oriented company with more than 15 years of history in the field of Remote Sensing and Sensor Networks Solutions. We serve the Space, Defense, Oil&Gas and Automation markets. In our Earth Observation Business Unit we are developing state-of-art solutions for the Space Market especially based on Satellite Synthetic Aperture RADAR technology. We are currently looking for an experienced and motivated Altimetry Processing Engineer to be part of a specialized team to carry on R&D activities aimed at developing innovative processing algorithms for data acquired by satellite radar altimeters.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- To design scientific algorithms and to develop prototypes to process data acquired by synthetic aperture radar altimeters from raw to geophysical information;
- To provide support for the verification and validation of processing tools on the basis of the algorithm and prototypes developed;
- To model altimeter acquisition from the interaction with the Earth surface to the instrument on-board processing;
- To analyze altimetry data to assess the quality of the altimeter products;
- To provide support in ESA projects related to various satellite radar altimeters (CryoSat, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, CRISTAL)
- To write technical documents, project reports and scientific journal papers.
Technical skills:
- Good technical understanding of Satellite Radar Altimetry;
- Good technical understanding of RADAR and SAR Systems, or a good Electronical/Telecommunication background to quickly grasp the main feature of our tasks;
- Excellent software development skills in the field of signal processing;
- Strong knowledge of scientific prototyping environments (matlab/python);
- Proved experience in writing technical documents;
- Proficiency in English;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – needed for communicating with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
Education and experience:
- Degree in Electronic/Computer/Telecommunication Engineering;
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in the role;
- Brilliant scholastic resume.
Contractual offer:
Full Time - permanent
Location: Aresys, Milan
Start: Apr-May 2021