Senior Payload Data Processing Engineer (Satellite)

TL;DR

Senior Payload Data Processing Engineer (Satellite): Designing and operating processing chains that transform raw EO and SAR satellite payload data into calibrated, analysis-ready Level-0, Level-1, and Level-2 products with an accent on image processing algorithms, product specifications, and automated workflows. Focus on developing SAR focusing and optical correction pipelines, investigating data-chain anomalies, and improving processing quality across the acquisition-to-delivery cycle.

Location: United Arab Emirates

Company

hirify.global operates within the EDGE Group aerospace and defence technology ecosystem.

What you will do

• Define EO product specifications and translate mission and user requirements into processing specifications, product formats, and metadata standards.
• Design, develop, maintain, and operate processing pipelines from raw payload data ingestion through Level-0, Level-1, and Level-2 products.
• Implement optical image processing algorithms, including registration, georeferencing, orthorectification, radiometric and atmospheric correction, cloud masking, classification, and derived products.
• Integrate workflows into scalable automated systems with defined throughput and latency targets across multiple payloads, sensors, and platforms.
• Support payload characterization, calibration, validation, and product-quality improvements with satellite operations teams.
• Lead investigations into data-chain anomalies and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, suppliers, vendors, and partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in satellite payload data processing, processing chains, algorithms, or product lines.
• Hands-on experience processing optical EO data, including calibration, correction, and product generation.
• Hands-on experience processing SAR data, including focusing raw data into Level-1 image products.
• Experience developing, validating, commissioning, and operating payload data processing systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical communication, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of remote sensing principles and optical and radar image processing.
• Familiarity with geospatial data structures, coordinate systems, projections, GeoTIFF, STAC, and OGC services.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with satellite operations, payload processing, and system engineering teams.
• Work across multidisciplinary operational environments and multiple satellite payloads and data sources.
• Opportunities to evaluate and introduce new algorithms, tools, and processing techniques.