Senior Satellite Payload Data Engineer (EO/SAR)

FADA; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

FADA is seeking a Senior Payload Data Processing Engineer to design, develop, and operate processing chains that transform raw satellite payload data into calibrated, analysis-ready products. The role covers ingestion through Level-2 products and requires hands-on EO and SAR expertise.

You will lead pipelines, collaborate with satellite operations, and guide junior engineers, while driving continual improvement and Cal/Val activities across multiple platforms and data sources.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in satellite payload data processing.
• Hands-on experience processing optical EO data, including calibration and product generation.
• Hands-on experience processing SAR data, including Level-1 products.
• Experience developing, validating, commissioning, and operating payload data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Define EO product specifications with end users, mission engineers, and stakeholders.
• Translate user and mission requirements into processing specifications, product formats, and metadata standards.
• Act as the technical interface between payload processing, satellite operations, and system engineering teams.
• Design, develop, and maintain processing pipelines from raw data ingestion through Level-0, Level-1 and Level-2 products.
• Collaborate with satellite operations teams to improve product quality throughout the acquisition-to-delivery cycle.
• Lead investigations into data chain anomalies and drive resolution across payload, downlink, ingestion, and processing stages.

Skills

Payload processing

Optical EO data

SAR data processing

Pipeline development

Education

Electrical Engineering

Remote Sensing

Geomatics

Aerospace Engineering

Tools

GeoTIFF

STAC

OGC services

Job description

FADA is seeking a Senior Payload Data Processing Engineer to design, develop, and operate processing chains that transform raw satellite payload data into calibrated, analysis-ready products. The role covers ingestion through Level-2 products and requires hands-on EO and SAR expertise.

You will lead pipelines, collaborate with satellite operations, and guide junior engineers, while driving continual improvement and Cal/Val activities across multiple platforms and data sources.