German National Graduate Trainee in Earth Observation Data Science

Our team and mission As a National Graduate Trainee, you will join the Enterprise Section within the Green Solutions Division in the Earth Observation Directorate’s Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department. Our team is dedicated to the development of innovative new applications of Earth Observation (EO) data. The main activity lines include new data sets (such as satellite video or hyper-spectral imagers), new processing methods (such as inverse SAR, microdoppler, multi-data fusion or machine learning-based pattern recognition) and new opportunities for using EO data.

The role The Section's activities are aimed at promoting the European EO service supply sector on a global scale, supporting its growth and competitiveness. The Section implements resilience and security-oriented activities by developing actionable EO-based information through advanced data fusion, AI-driven analytics and integration with non-EO sources, addressing complex and interconnected societal threats, critical infrastructure protection and crisis response.

Job requirements As a National Graduate Trainee, you will contribute to advanced research and development activities in the field of EO applications for security. The traineeship will focus on the design, implementation and validation of innovative signal processing techniques. You will be involved in activities such as development and assessment of advanced signal processing techniques to improve detection of moving targets, research on SAR acquisition configurations and processing strategies to enhance spatial resolution and extract motion-related target parameters, and integration and fusion of SAR-derived information to support improved target detection, classification, and characterisation for security-related use cases.

Benefits By the end of the traineeship, you will be expected to have acquired in-depth technical knowledge of spaceborne SAR systems and products, developed hands-on experience in signal processing techniques for moving target analysis, strengthened your experience in collaborative research environments involving academic, industrial and operational stakeholders, and enhanced your scientific communication skills through contributions to high-quality technical reports and peer-reviewed publications.

Applications details You should have just completed, or be in the final year of your master’s degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline. Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team. Previous experience of working in international teams may be considered an asset. Your motivation, overall professional prospects and career goals will also be explored during the later stages of the selection process.