18-month postdoc for a new space mission in ocean color

[Cedric Jamet]

Join us for a new exciting space mission on color using lidar remote sensing technique. Come to help us to define the mission assumptions and technical requirements and the mission definition requirements. 

The candidate will have:

- To define quantitate user needs for a potential Ocean Lidar Mission

- To define preliminary requirements and assumptions for Level-1b parameters

- To define preliminary requirements and assumptions for Level-2 geophysical parameters to be derived from Level-1b observations

- To define preliminary analysis of Level-1b and Level-2 uncertainty requirements in order that useful Level-2 parameters can be derived to satisfy user needs.

- To define case studies to test a lidar simulator

- To participate to the validation of the lidar simulator

- To participate to the Mission Document Definition

- To participate to the definition of the future roadmap

Qualifications: PhD degree in remote sensing. Expertise in lidar is ideal. Knowledge in ocean optics or oceanography.

Technical skills required: Programming (matlab, python, C), lidar data processing, satellite imagery processing, statistical analysis skills.

Application closure date: Until the position is filled

Start date:  From July 2026 (at the earliest). More likely in September

Position Length: 18 months

Salary: depending of experience. From 2500€ gross.

Location: LOG, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France

Applicants must submit:

- A detailed CV, including the e-mail and phone number for three references

- A short cover letter explaining the applicant’s experience related to the position and motivation

- Two names of reference

For question and application’s submission, please contact:

Cédric Jamet: cedric...@univ-littoral.fr

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Cédric Jamet
Professor
Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale
Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG)
32 avenue Foch
62930 Wimereux France
work phone: (00 33) 3 21 99 64 22
mobile phone: (00 33) 6 11 23 60 88
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