Image Processing Operator

About constellr

We are operating at the interface of climate tech, agriculture, and space, combining engineering, Earth Observation, and agronomy to address one of the biggest challenges of our time : how to ensure global food security!

With offices in Brussels , Freiburg, Munich, and Toulouse, we are a diverse team, comprised of highly motivated and passionate professionals who share a common vision to revolutionize decision-making in tomorrow’s smart farming industry.

Our Mission

constellr is at the forefront of precise temperature monitoring from space. Our technology delivers the market's most accurate and dependable thermal data with our Land Surface Temperature model excelling in precisely measuring temperature for organizations that depend on highly accurate insights.

Join us in advancing impactful initiatives, particularly in agriculture, where our expertise contributes to transformative projects in global food production.

The Role

As an Image Processing Ground Segment Operator, you will play a key role in supporting the engineering team responsible for transforming raw satellite pixel data into meaningful, orthorectified products such as reflectance, temperature, or emissivity information.

Your responsibilities will include supervising and managing processing systems and pipelines, including performing maintenance activities related to image processing.

You will serve as the first line of support for image processing and quality-related requests from customers, working closely with the business operations team.

Additionally, you will perform quality control, calibration, and validation procedures, as well as manually adjust customer orders and processing parameters for products that cannot be processed automatically.

Furthermore, you will contribute to improving operational processes and documentation to enhance product creation and related activities.

Location The position can be performed remotely from office locations or in any constellr office (Munich, Freiburg, Brussels, or Toulouse).

Remote workers shall be able to cover the working hours in the Central European Time zone. No shift work or on-call services are required at the beginning, but this requirement might be added over time.

About you

Required :

• Hold a university degree in spatial sciences (e.g., Geography, Cartography, Geodesy, Surveying, Photogrammetry) or a related field, and / or have experience in satellite data processing ground segment operations.
• Strong understanding of geospatial and remote sensing data, particularly in thermal (LWIR) remote sensing.
• Experience with data processing pipeline infrastructures and image processing procedures (Cal / Val, pipeline operations).
• Ability to document activities, identify gaps, and improve procedures through handbooks or guides.
• Quick learner with the ability to understand and operate processing pipelines.
• Strong communication skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Proficient in programming (shell scripting, Python), databases (SQL), and cloud infrastructure.

Nice to have :

• Experience in mission operations, ideally within Earth observation missions.
• Motivated, curious, and team-oriented with a can-do attitude, willing to challenge the status quo and bring ideas to life.

Why constellr?

• Join a fast-growing, diverse, and motivated team with a strong drive for positive change.
• Autonomy to set and deliver against your own goals, develop new skills and capabilities, and lead others to do the same.
• Directly influence your contribution to achieving several of the UN's sustainable development goals, including Zero Hunger, Clean Water, No Poverty, and Climate Action .
• Be part of a multi-disciplinary, and diverse team with a strong desire to change the world.
• Be a formative part of the team delivering the world’s first commercial infrared constellation into orbit, enabling an unprecedented understanding of our planet and its resources.

Our Benefits

• An attractive virtual shares package (Virtual Share Option Program)
• A company pension scheme (bAV) in cooperation with WWK Lebensversicherung (20% subsidy) for German employees
• Flexible working : we support remote or semi-remote working for many of our roles
• Work-life balance : we value everyone’s time and respect family or personal commitments. We support you to be as productive as you can in the time you have
• Lovely offices in Brussels situated between the attractive Etterbeek and Watermael districts; in Freiburg, southwest Germany, bordering the Black Forest, France and Switzerland;

a brand-new office in central Munich , a stone’s throw from the beautiful German Alps and lakes and soon we are opening our office at the heart of Toulouse’s aerospace cluster and the thriving Occitania food and drink scene.

At constellr, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and believe that diversity fuels innovation, creativity, and the ability to tackle complex challenges effectively.

We encourage individuals from all walks of life to join us on our mission to reduce global food insecurity.