Earth Observation Data Engineer Internship (3-6 months)

Job description

Earth Observation Data Engineer Internship (3-6 months)

Airbus Defence & Space Guildford (ex Astrium SV Infoterra)

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

Start date: Summer 2018
Location: Guildford
Application closing date: 3rd November 2017
This position is for anything between 3 and 6 months

To stay on top, Airbus recognises the importance of supporting high-achieving and talented undergraduates. We do this through offering challenging internship opportunities during which your skills and potential are fully maximised.

Our internships give a unique insight into potential career paths within Airbus. They are designed so that you can put your theoretical knowledge into practice and gain crucial industry experience. The skills and knowledge you gain will improve your chances of a future role within the Airbus and should benefit your future studies.

Airbus Defence & Space Intelligence is a leading provider of optical and radar satellite imagery, geographic information products, software and services delivering geographic information solutions into both private and public sector organisations worldwide. We offer a comprehensive product and services portfolio covering the entire geographic information services value chain – data acquisition and processing, imagery analysis and interpretation, hosting and delivery of large datasets, as well as offering GIS development and consultancy.

Within Airbus Defence & Space Intelligence, the DMC team operates the Disaster Monitoring Constellation of Earth Observation satellites. The team deal with everything from satellite specification, imagery tasking and processing chains, value added applications, and interfacing with end users of satellite imagery and derived geospatial products.

Internships at Airbus

Desired profile

Tasks & accountabilities

During this internship, the activities you may undertake will include;

·  Working with the DMC Operations and Product Development teams in order to assess new products, innovative methods and software for generating value added products derived from satellite imagery
·  Assisting in the development of automated systems and processes to produce value added products including:
·  Analysis of state of the art and users' needs, including background researching
·  Requirements capture, definition, tailoring and analysis
·  Process and procedure definition
·  Development support
·  Testing
·  Document generation and support

Required skills

Please note our Internships are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.

It is expected that successful candidates will be working towards a 2:1 degree or equivalent qualification in Remote Sensing, GIS, Geography, Computer Science, Maths, Physics or related subject, with the following relevant degree modules:

·  Programming Skills in Remote Sensing, including possibly ENVI with IDL
·  Image Processing
·  Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing

Furthermore, the successful candidates should be able to demonstrate the following relevant skills:

·  Technical / IT / Behavioural / Language skills required:
·  Strong communication, interpersonal and creative skills
·  Strong analytical and problem solving skills
·  Able to work under own initiative and in a team
·  Able to acquire new skills and knowledge rapidly and share them with others
·  Adaptability to changes in tasks / priorities
·  Experience required (e.g. work experience / clubs / societies / charity work / hobbies etc.):
·  Experience with GIS and Remote sensing software (e.g. ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, ESRI, QGIS, MapINFO etc)
·  Understanding of the basic concepts, principles and applications of remote sensing
·  Ability to develop algorithms to analyse data
·  Understanding of the functionality of programming languages for image processing and data analysis is beneficial

Please ensure that a covering letter detailing motivations and suitability for this position is included in your application.

The successful candidate will be subject to UK National Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.

Please note the closing date for applications to this position is 3rd November 2017.