EO Applications Engineer

EO Applications Engineer, reporting to the Head of the Enterprise Section in the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department within the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (EOP). The Enterprise section is responsible for initiating innovative developments linked to novel processing methods, the exploitation of new data sets, the development of new methods integrating EO and non-EO data streams, the stimulation of new EO applications, and the addressing of structural blockages preventing the wider uptake of EO-based applications and analytics. You will be responsible for setting up and running innovative application development activities as well as developments that address structural barriers to the wider uptake and adoption of EO-based applications and services. You will: identify ongoing or planned partner-funded activities where customised EO-based analytics tools can contribute to improving the overall outcomes; specify, set up and manage ESA-funded actions to develop innovative methods to integrate EO data, non-EO data (such as IoT sensor networks or transponder data) and novel modelling approaches (for example agent-based models) to expand the applicability of EO data; work with priority industry sectors (such as manufacturing, chemicals or construction) to produce next-generation analytics capabilities that will support their transformation towards climate-resilient production and supply chain operations; manage specific tenders supporting the wider interests of the Earth Action pillar of the FutureEO programme. You will cooperate with complementary initiatives, both within EOP (such as Digital Twin Earth, InCubed, Scout missions, or the “Stepping Stones”) and other ESA directorates, in particular the Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness and the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. Duties: Your tasks and responsibilities will include: working with key stakeholders in diverse stakeholder communities to establish and consolidate requirements for geoinformation products and services and to identify priority gaps in current capabilities; working with industry representative bodies to understand emerging opportunities and threats with respect to expanded EO uptake and acceptance; drafting technical specifications for applications and services to address the priority requirements and gaps agreed with relevant stakeholders; working in close cooperation with the European EO and non-EO industry to establish operations scenarios and technical approaches for the generation and delivery of a portfolio of EO-based applications and services addressing agreed priorities and gaps within diverse stakeholder communities; setting up and managing industrial procurements to implement development activities for novel EO-based applications and services addressing both industrial competitiveness priorities as well as department-level calls and tenders; interfacing with the EOP Ground Segment and Mission Management Department to ensure consistency with complementary ground segment capability development activities; interfacing with ESA and EU industrial development and commercialisation initiatives to identify and capitalise on the potential to transfer and scale up successful projects; contributing to ESA communication efforts promoting EO results, mission achievements and EO benefits for society.