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Satellite Data Processing Engineer
by Planet
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Introduction
Image Quality Support (IQS) makes sure Planet's imagery meets that bar. We sit between imaging operations, satellite operations, software engineering, and the business — close enough to engineering to build our own tools, close enough to customers to know what "quality" means to them.
We're looking for a Satellite Data Processing Engineer to help assess and automate imagery quality across Planet's satellite fleet. You'll split your time between hands-on visual QA and writing the software that scales it — a hybrid of remote-sensing know-how and software engineering, building up both with guidance from senior teammates.
This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.
Tasks
- Assess satellite imagery, manually and via automated tooling, against contractual and technical quality standards.
- Help build and maintain the internal tools that power quality assessment — from QGIS-based QA tooling to backend scripts and data pipelines.
- Support investigations into customer-reported quality disputes, gathering technical evidence for the team's decisions.
- Contribute to the team's automated quality-assessment systems, helping shift routine checks from manual review into automation.
- Write clear reports and tickets that other engineering teams can act on.
Requirements
- 2+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in geoinformatics, geomatics, remote sensing, or a closely related field.
- A working understanding of optical remote sensing fundamentals.
- Solid Python skills: comfortable with version control, code review, and writing more than one-off scripts.
- Exposure to QGIS or Python geospatial libraries (e.g. GDAL, rasterio, shapely).
- Basic SQL / database familiarity.
- Clear written communication: you can explain a technical finding to a non-specialist.
- Linux comfort.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI).
- Any exposure to desktop GUI development (e.g. PySide6/Qt) or building small internal tools end-to-end.
Benefits
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
- Employee Wellness Program
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Equity
- Volunteering Paid Time Off