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