Planet

Senior Software Engineer, Geometry

Planet

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Netherlands

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About the role

  • Perform ongoing space imaging operations, geometric calibration activities and performance characterization
  • Design and implement automated scalable processes to calibrate hundreds to satellites to ensure that our products meet and exceed specifications and SLAs
  • Collaborate within a cross functional team to develop performance models, error budgets and calibration concepts for new very high resolution constellation
  • Troubleshoot geometric image quality issues and developing long-term mitigations and fixes

Requirements

  • 10+ years of industry experience with statistical processing and analysis techniques of large sets of measurement data
  • Bachelor’s degree in Photogrammetry, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics, relevant to geometric characterization of space imaging platforms
  • Hands-on, can-do attitude, great interpersonal skills, and ability to collaborate effectively
  • Understanding of end-to-end image processing chain – from sensor electronics and image ancillary data to geometric characterization
  • Passion for Programming, Photography, Remote Sensing, Earth Sciences, and Geography
  • Extensive experience leveraging scientific computing using Python in a Unix/Linux environment
  • Knowledge of how to scale code with cloud computing resources, e.g. AWS or GCP
  • Practical experience in solving problems by exploiting large cloud-based datasets
Benefits
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
  • Employee Wellness Program
  • Home Office Reimbursement
  • Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
  • Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Equity
  • Volunteering Paid Time Off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
statistical processingdata analysis techniquesgeometric calibrationimage processingscientific computingPythoncloud computingUnixLinuxproblem solving
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscollaborationcan-do attitude