Earth Observation Digital Innovation Specialist

4 settimane fa


Roma, Lazio, Italia European Space Agency A tempo pieno

Job Title: Digital Innovation Engineer for Earth Observation

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Digital Innovation Engineer for Earth Observation to join our team at the European Space Agency. As a Digital Innovation Engineer, you will be responsible for promoting and implementing disruptive and transformative innovation in Earth Observation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to transformative and disruptive digital innovation in the Earth Observation domain with a particular focus on positive impact for mainstream Earth Observation programmes within the Agency.
  • Promote the generation, connection, and sharing of ideas to engage with the innovation ecosystem.
  • Analyse innovation trends and opportunities within the ecosystem.
  • Develop plans for nurturing and testing ideas and promoting adoption, with the ability to increase ideas' TRLs, fostering their uptake.
  • Initiate and prepare technical specifications and statements of work and oversee projects for competitive tendering and execution by industry.
  • Oversee innovative EO projects that exploit rapid advances in digital technologies to encourage the adoption of these technologies in Europe's EO ecosystem and in ESA mainstream activities.
  • Contribute to the development of a European innovative EO ecosystem, providing encouragement to companies new to EO, IT companies, leading universities, and high-tech start-ups.
  • Assist in the agile development of methods fostering discovery, facilitating innovation, and accelerating adoption.
  • Contribute to the set-up of EO challenges, assist with data preparation and curation, analytics, and the preparation of large-scale training data sets.
  • Support connection with DestinE for digital innovation creation and/or adoption.
  • Coordinate activities performed in collaboration with DestinE and ESA DTE teams, promoting ESA's activities to students, researchers, industry, and policy makers and stimulating cross-fertilisation and new ideas.
  • Collaborate with partners in academia, the private sector, and the start-up ecosystem to foster innovative EO solutions and shape future EO missions.
  • Provide technical and management support to the F-lab team and support the presentation of new ideas and plans to high-level stakeholders.
  • Engage with internal and external stakeholders to enhance innovative thinking in and around ESA.
  • Coordinate with the Invest Office to develop success cases of disruptive and transformative technologies exploited in InCubed activities.
  • Network proactively with all EOP organisational units to increase awareness and collaboration with the F-lab Explore Office.

Requirements:

  • Ability to explore, develop, and manage innovation projects and promote them from creation to adoption.
  • Understanding of upstream and downstream innovative EO applications and technologies.
  • Knowledge of EO industry, market, trends, and opportunities.
  • Understanding of innovation processes.
  • Broad knowledge of new digital technologies including AI, blockchain, IoT, cloud/edge computing, extended reality (augmented and virtual reality combined), HPC, and Quantum computing.

Additional Requirements:

  • Master's degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline.
  • PhD in a relevant subject is an asset.
  • Relevant experience in technology development and digital innovation with a strong ability to think outside the box and deliver a plan for disruptive and transformative digital innovation creation or adoption within the EO ecosystem.
  • Successful track record of and solid experience in managing innovation programmes, preferably in an international context, excellent cognitive, analytical, communication, and relationship management skills, and the ability to launch and sustain collaborative initiatives with industrial partners and stakeholders on a non-exchange-of-funds basis.

Language: English

Working Hours: Full-time

Location: European Space Agency

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package

How to Apply: Please submit your application through our website.



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