Engineer | Remote Sensing and Geospatial R&D

Company Description

We are an Engineering and Product Development Center that conceives, develops, and productizes new technologies, products and services towards a more sustainable society.

We work by bridging together cities, industry and universities around large programs of development and industrialization of products and services, from Portugal, in high-tech sectors such as mobility, aeronautics and space.

This opportunity for an Engineer | Remote Sensing and Geospatial R&D (m/f/d) will be integrated into the Space - Digital team, to explore and support the development of new Earth Observation software applications for the global market.

Job Description

This is an opportunity to join one of the most ambitious software product development teams working in Earth Observation in Portugal. Our mission is to develop scalable software applications for the space downstream market with a focus on sustainability. From monitoring critical infrastructures to assessing carbon stocks and sequestration potential the opportunities are endless.

The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of relevant professional experience and the drive to innovate on various aspects of geospatial solutions, working with data scientists and data engineers. Senior Geospatial Engineers and PhDs with relevant research experience are welcome to apply.

As a member of our Space - R&D team you may be asked to:

• Prototype, build and help deploy AI and remote sensing technology to create earth observation products;
• Evaluate, select, and employ advanced statistical and modeling procedures to obtain actionable insights and cross-validating models to ensure their generalization;
• Potentially act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the product development process;
• Continuously formulate and suggest improvements to the geospatial components of every product;
• Plan and develop collaborative research projects or test campaigns that help validate the product;
• Work with Product Managers to help define and implement and R&D roadmap that boosts product development;
• Work with the Space - Software and Applications teams to handover successfully developed models, algorithms, or prototypes, so that they can be scaled up;
• Track and leverage innovations described in science papers or from competitor commercial applications;
• Leverage open source and data resources to develop and implement new solutions and algorithms for specific EO applications;
• Produce and disseminate technical white papers that detail the successes of the product/projects use cases.

Qualifications

• Master degree in Geospatial Engineering with remote sensing experience (or relevant technical field with similar experience). PhD is a plus;
• Experience with GIS software (e.g. QGIS) and GIS packages (e.g. GDAL);
• At least 3 years of practice developing and deploying AI/ML models;
• Proficiency in Python/R and corresponding AI/ML libraries;
• Knowledge in unsupervised, supervised, semi-supervised and transfer-learning techniques;
• Candidates with experience in one or more of the following will be highly considered:
  • SAR, InSAR, PolSAR data processing
  • Experience with land use land cover mapping
  • Experience with carbon estimation using remote sensing
  • Experience processing forestry-related earth observation data
  • Experience in developing security or defence-related earth observation applications
  • Experience in automated ground-truth labelling for earth observation applications
• Capacity to foster a healthy, stimulating work environment that frequently harnesses teamwork;
• Ability to work autonomously, cooperate and align with the overall team's objectives.

Additional Information

• Working in a relaxed and positive environment alongside a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• We facilitate and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle, articulating work with the personal life
• Health insurance
• Partnerships with gyms, amongst others
• Until three additional vacation days
• Birthday off