Earth Observation Scientist

Job Introduction

**We’re looking for an Earth Observation Scientist, to reinforce the team in our Italy office**

**The Difference You Will Make**

You will contribute directly to some of Europe’s most exciting space programmes, from Earth observation and climate monitoring to satellite navigation and space safety. Your work will play a vital role in ensuring mission success, enabling better decision-making on Earth and driving innovation in orbit. Whether you’re helping managing spacecraft operations, analysing mission data, or supporting software and systems development, your expertise will help move Europe’s space ambitions forward.

**Why Join Serco?**
- Work in an international and diverse team environment, surrounded by top-tier scientists, engineers, and technical experts.
- Access continuous professional development and training opportunities tailored to the space sector.
- Be part of a company that values work-life balance, mutual respect, and a commitment to excellence.
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies, innovative projects, and mission-critical systems in collaboration with major space agencies.

**We look forward to meeting you**

Main Responsibilities
As an **Earth Observation Scientist**you will be supporting several ESA Earth Observation programme initiatives, in particular:

- Technical support in liaison with external bodies (e.g., CEOS, OGC)
- Definition of best practices and standards to be applied across projects
- Integration support across different projects into the larger EO ecosystem
- Technical assessment of improvement opportunities across projects
- Support to configuration baseline and change management
- Validation and Verification of Software Systems
- Provision of technical input for contributions to conferences, workshops and communications

**Your skills**:

- Remote Sensing
- Big Data architectures, possibly in EO context
- Exploitation/analysis Platforms in EO context
- Artificial Intelligence, possibly in context of EO data processing
- Technical requirements specification for Software Systems
- EO market, market intelligence and business models
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in the Space Sector (downstream domain)

**Other skills, knowledge and experience**:

- Ability to work autonomously under constraints, in direct contact with ESA
- Pro-active approach to problem identification and resolution
- Able to manage several tasks in parallel and to prioritise
- Excellent writing skills in English
- Good team working skills

About The Company
Serco is a leading provider of public services. Our customers are governments or others operating in the public sector. We gain scale, expertise and diversification by operating internationally across five sectors and four geographies: Defence, Space, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services, delivered in UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. More information can be found at Serco | Europe.

**Women in Aerospace**
We prioritize Diversity and Inclusion, actively supporting initiatives such as Women in Aerospace Europe, which champions opportunities, development, and visibility for women in the Aerospace sector.
- For more information_ : Women in Aerospace Europe / Supporting women in STEM

**We are diverse and inclusive organisation**

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to supporting the needs of all our colleagues. It’s a mix of people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinion that keeps our culture strong and vibrant.

In the UK we are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader in the government’s scheme and hold the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard; in Belgium we are partner of Diversicom and member of Charter der Vielfalt in Germany.
- If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to The Serco Europe Recruitment Team_

**Important**

Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law.
- Please contact the recruitment team if needed_

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Package Description
**_ Joining Serco Italy’s amazing team offers:_**
- Competitive Salary
- Great career opportunities
- Corporate Benefits Package
- International environment
- Possible hybrid work