About this job

Under a Copernicus-dedicated programme, EUMETSAT operates four Copernicus Sentinel missions on behalf of the European Union, including the Sentinel-3 mission dedicated to monitoring of ocean colour, sea surface temperature and ocean surface topography.

In addition, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation (EPS-SG), the next generation EUMETSAT satellite systems to be deployed in the next five years have some ocean colour observation capability.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Marine Applications Competence Area of the Remote Sensing and Products (RSP) Division, the Remote Sensing Scientist – Ocean Colour will support the definition, prototyping, implementation, validation and evolution of operational ocean colour products, focusing on Sentinel-3.

Duties:

• Support the prototyping and operational implementation of advanced algorithms for improved and new marine ocean colour products from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 and other EUMETSAT missions;
• Provide product quality analysis and long-term quality monitoring of operational ocean colour products at EUMETSAT;
• Plan, develop and perform ocean colour product calibration and validation activities, including the development of tools and methodologies for validation with Fiducial Reference Measurements and in-situ data;
• Support Sentinel-3 mission operations with respect to processing anomalies, change requests, new processing baselines, and baseline regression testing;
• Support the ocean colour product re-calibration and reprocessing activities as required;
• Maintain an in depth understanding of the observational capabilities of spaceborne ocean colour instrument;
• Play an active role in relevant operational and scientific interactions with the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service and the ocean colour user communities;
• Support and manage external studies relevant for the development of new or improved products/parameters/concepts.

Profile

• An advanced university degree (or equivalent) in remote sensing, physics, oceanography or another relevant discipline is required;
• The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French;
• In-depth scientific knowledge of spaceborne optical observations of the ocean, in particular for Ocean Colour Radiometry;
• Proven experience of processing of large-volumes of data from relevant spaceborne instruments;
• Experience of working in a UNIX environment and with scientifically-oriented coding languages, C/C++ and Python. JavaScript is an advantage;
• Proficiency with scientific algorithm prototyping in IDL and/or MATLAB;
• Demonstrable experience with scientific development projects and working with ocean colour researchers and user communities;
• Strengths in analysis, synthesis and presentation, coupled with good interpersonal skills and a proven ability to apply these to the interactions within and between teams.

Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply.