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Hydrosat

Software Engineer, Imaging Science

Hydrosat

. Drive continuous improvements in the quality of Hydrosat’s Thermal and VNIR data products.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $135,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
LinuxPythonRemote Sensing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Drive continuous improvements in the quality of Hydrosat’s Thermal and VNIR data products.
  • Assess the radiometric accuracy of Hydrosat’s data products using ground truth data (e.g., RadCalNet), well-calibrated reference sensor data, and radiative transfer tools (e.g., MODTRAN).
  • Contribute to the development of Hydrosat’s image processing pipeline with production-grade Python code.
  • Contribute to development of pre-launch data collection procedures for the next generation of Hydrosat payloads and sensors.
  • Create clear documentation and publications explaining methodologies and data quality for external audiences.
  • Troubleshoot data quality issues and implementing software fixes to resolve them

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • 5+ years of total experience with a combination of software engineering and imaging science for space-based missions
  • Advanced knowledge of data processing pipelines and CalVal methods, preferably Thermal and VNIR systems
  • An understanding of atmospheric correction methods for remote sensing data and experience with radiative transfer tools e.g. MODTRAN
  • Expertise in scrutinizing scientific data to identify calibration anomalies, instrument artifacts, and processing errors
  • Experience conducting research projects and turning research into new capabilities & products
  • Extensive experience writing production-grade Python code and scientific computing using Python in a Linux environment

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Employee options
  • Health insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
  • Flexible time off
  • Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leave
  • 401K Matching

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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythondata processing pipelinesCalVal methodsatmospheric correction methodsradiative transfer toolsMODTRANscientific computingLinuximage processingdata quality assessment
Soft Skills
troubleshootingdocumentationcommunicationresearch project managementmethodology explanation