Lead Earth Observation Data Scientist & Drone Pilot

Natural England

Greater London

On-site

GBP 42,000 - 60,000

Full time

40 hours ago

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Job summary

Natural England is seeking a skilled EOS Drone Pilot and Earth Observation Analyst to lead drone surveys across England and to develop EO analysis capabilities within the team. The role combines field drone operations with data processing and EO analysis to support environmental monitoring and habitat assessments.

You will work with multi-sensor drones (RGB, multispectral, thermal) and perform data handling, pipeline development and client-facing activities.

Qualifications

Earth observation/Remote Sensing qualification at Masters level or equivalent experience.
Good experience as a drone pilot, preferably with a GVC for Fixed Wing and/or Multi-Rotor drones.
Good experience of processing drone data.
Good experience of using and analysing data from a range of drone sensors, such as Aerial Photography, Multispectral and Thermal data.
Confident in the use of at least one GIS/EO analysis tool to visualise, manipulate and transform Earth Observation data.
Good technical experience of using EO techniques in natural environment applications such as land cover and habitat classification.

Responsibilities

Be an EOS Drone Pilot delivering drone surveys across England, planning, ground control, survey, post processing and data management.
Carry out Drone data post processing and create ortho-mosaics in line with GDPR/DPIA policy.
Develop and run EO analysis using various tools and platforms, including cloud computing.
Maintain and develop relationships with customers and partners to share EO approaches and products.
Support capability building, documentation and reproducible analytical pipelines and quality assurance.