Satellite Payload Processing Engineer
Barcelona, Spain · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Porto District, Portugal · Athens, Greece · harwell, United KingdomPosted Jul 24, 2026
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Aim high, go beyond!At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on…Working in our Data DivisionOur Data division transforms satellite data into meaningful insights that drive real-world impact. The team delivers all data products generated by Open Cosmos and its partners, curates and develops DataCosmos - our geospatial data platform - and builds integrations that make satellite imagery easy to access and act on. Their work helps organisations turn data into action and create positive change on Earth.As a Satellite Payload Processing Engineer, you’ll design and build the processing chains that transform raw satellite data into high-quality, analysis-ready Earth Observation products. You’ll combine remote sensing expertise, software engineering and system integration to ensure Open Cosmos delivers reliable data at scale across multiple missions and payloads - enabling customer value and advancing our EO data platform.What will you be doing?Defining EO product specifications in collaboration with customers, sales teams and mission engineers, ensuring products meet user needs and mission objectivesTranslating customer data requirements into clear technical processing specifications for EO missions and data productsContributing to payload definition and selection for next-generation EO missions, ensuring downstream data usability and performanceDesigning and developing image processing pipelines, from raw data ingestion through to delivery of calibrated, orthorectified and analysis-ready productsImplementing and maintaining image processing algorithms, including band-to-band registration, georeferencing and orthorectification, radiometric and atmospheric correction, cloud detection and masking, classification and derived productsIntegrating processing workflows into scalable, automated data processing systems and orchestration platformsActing as a...