Project Manager in Earth Observation / Imaging Spectroscopy 60 - 100 %

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### The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer! ### Your responsibilities The post includes the project management of a European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project to further develop the science case of a new, innovative satellite mission idea to improve capabilities to monitor global biodiversity. With the BioScale project, we want to address the scientific questions around the scaling of (long-term) biodiversity assessments, with Sentinel-2 and the future CHIME mission in mind, as well as understanding how to distinguish the -living- part of a signal from sensor-specific and observational effects. Your profile We are looking for a scientist/engineer ideally holding a PhD or similar experience in Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, or similar fields. In addition, experience working in the domains of biodiversity-related research, imaging spectroscopy / hyperspectral, or satellite mission (design) is highly desired. **Criteria for the position:** * Experience in imaging spectroscopy / hyperspectral data * Experience with radiative transfer modelling / DART simulations * Experience with ESA-type projects and/or a strong background in project planning and realization (project management) * Analytical and systematic thinking, with a solid mathematical background * Innovative and critical, out-of-the-box thinking, curiosity, strong motivation to learn new things * Background in remote sensing-based biodiversity-related research * Strong communication skills for a (truly) interdisciplinary team and to handle user-oriented communication * Experience in satellite mission design ## What we offer: ## * Embedding in an extremely motivated, need-driven and innovative project team * Technical work on research questions and engineering development regarding the mission idea * A flexible and agile work environment to allow for creative ideas * Guidance to learn managing an ESA project and navigating in the space community * An interdisciplinary team and work environment and a supportive team culture * Opportunity to evolve in a transdisciplinary team, including engineers, natural scientists and industry partners