COMPANY DESCRIPTION

With over 2.100 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT and systems company in Europe, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS Group solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey.
Our German activities are growing at a fast pace and to face our customers’ high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles with relevant experience in Space systems and applications.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As part of the a dynamic department, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support the corrective maintenance and evolution of the Copernicus operational processors, their validation and installation in the EUMETSAT ground segment;
• Specification and prototyping of new processing concepts for altimeter processing chains:
• Specification and prototyping of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains;
• Contributing to operational processor evolution and maintenance activities;
• Validation of altimetry prototype and operational products;
• Quality assessment and monitoring of altimetry products;
• Supporting the commissioning and cal/val of altimetry missions.
• Applications of satellite data in meteorology, oceanography, and atmospheric
• composition;
• Scientific document writing.

QUALIFICATIONS

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• University degree in physical remote sensing, meteorology, oceanography, physics, IT/Computational Science, or a relevant discipline;
• Scientific knowledge of altimetry observations
• Experience in calibration and validation of altimetry data
• Experience in the definition and development of prototypes or operational processors
• Proven experience with scientific programming languages, particularly Python and/or MATLAB. Knowledge of C/C++ is a valuable asset.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a Linux environment, with skills in managing and processing large test datasets.
• Strengths in analysis, synthesis, and presentation, including demonstrated experience in writing scientific and technical documents
• Good interpersonal skills and a proven ability to apply these to the interactions within a team and between teams
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

• Support the corrective maintenance and evolution of the Copernicus operational processors, their validation and installation in the EUMETSAT ground segment;
• Specification and prototyping of new processing concepts for altimeter processing chains:
• Specification and prototyping of evolutions of the altimeter processing chains;
• Contributing to operational processor evolution and maintenance activities;
• Validation of altimetry prototype and operational products;
• Quality assessment and monitoring of altimetry products;
• Supporting the commissioning and cal/val of altimetry missions.
• Applications of satellite data in meteorology, oceanography, and atmospheric
• composition;
• Scientific document writing