Image Processing Specialist
Pixxel
Role: Image Processing Specialist
Employment Type: Full Time
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s or higher degree in digital signal/image processing or related field in engineering, physics & mathematics.
Work Experience: 1-3 yrs
Role Description:
Pixxel is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Hyperspectral Image Processing Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for assuring the quality of hyperspectral images and ensuring that they meet the required standards. This role requires a strong understanding of the imaging process and workings of an optical imaging system. Successful candidate would need to have a thorough understanding of hyperspectral imaging, image processing, statistical analysis, and logical reasoning.
Overall, the Hyperspectral Image Processing Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring that hyperspectral imaging data are accurate, reliable, and of the highest quality. The ideal candidate will have a combination of technical expertise, analytical skills, and attention to detail, as well as strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with a range of stakeholders.
Responsibilities & Duties:
Creation, curation and implementation of image quality standards for Pixxel’s hyperspectral data products at all levels.
Improve Pixxel’s existing quality assurance practices/control protocols/algorithms for satellite-based hyperspectral images and assess them for spectral, spatial, and temporal noise characteristics.
Conduct statistical analysis on hyperspectral image data to identify patterns and trends. Work with the imagery product manager to bring qualitative improvements to Pixxel’s image processing pipeline.
Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and ensure that image quality standards are met.
Develop and maintain documentation of quality assurance procedures and results.
Desirable Skills & Certifications:
Strong technical background in image processing, image quality, statistical analysis.
Expertise in signal processing, especially noise characterisation of image data, and proficiency in working with signal processing libraries on Python.
Good understanding/knowledge of Earth Observation.
Experience with calibration and validation of optical imaging systems would be a plus.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Candidate Acumen:
A strong desire to work in an unstructured, high-growth, fast-paced start-up environment
Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires
About Pixxel
Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.
Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today.
Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.
Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.
To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space.
