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Tokyo, Japan On-site Full-time

Synspective is hiring a SAR Image Processing Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the architecture of the SAR image processing pipeline
  • Integrate and productionize SAR processing algorithms across acquisition modes and product types
  • Investigate SAR image and processing issues, relating signal-level behavior (Doppler, geometry, focusing) to satellite and acquisition behavior
  • Contribute to the end-to-end development of new SAR data products to expand our commercial offerings
  • Develop and automate tooling to analyze, troubleshoot, and verify products
  • Collaborate with the design of a continuously growing ground system to include new operational modes
  • Provide feedback on the system engineering of future satellites’ radar systems

Requirements

  • Genuine SAR foundation
  • Knowledge of SAR principles
  • Hands-on experience with radar data processing and image analysis for large datasets
  • Experience turning algorithms into reliable, scalable production pipelines
  • System and pipeline engineering skills: integrating processing algorithms, hardening them, and scaling across acquisition modes and product types
  • Production-focused engineering mindset rather than research orientation

Nice to Have

  • Background in SAR/research with desire to move into production and systems work
  • Experience in research, management, or adjacent roles with desire to return to hands-on SAR engineering

Work Arrangement

On-site — Tokyo

Additional Information

  • International, English-working environment
Required Skills
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About company
Synspective

Synspective designs, builds, and operates a fleet of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites to detect and understand changes across the globe. Leveraging SAR satellite data with proprietary data analysis techniques, the company offers two core services: SAR data sales and solution services.

Synspective’s 100kg class SAR satellites are compact, low-cost, and capable of gathering high-resolution data regardless of weather or time of day. These satellites support global monitoring with applications in disaster response, infrastructure management, and environmental monitoring.

The company provides SAR data and remote monitoring services to government agencies and commercial clients worldwide. It also enables data analysis companies to develop new products using its satellite data, contributing to a growing SAR data ecosystem that enhances decision-making and risk management.

Synspective aims to build a constellation of 30 satellites to enable near real-time observation of any location on Earth, supporting resilient infrastructure and sustainable development through advanced Earth observation technology.

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Department Data Production Department
Category other
Posted 19 days ago