ISR Systems Engineer – Commercial Imagery Integration

• Integrate commercial imagery providers into the collection tool, including request protocols, data formats and delivery paths
• Gather and implement user-requested changes for the map interface
• Investigate and fix data-flow bottlenecks and technical faults in a live production environment
• Work with planners and analysts to translate operational needs into concrete requirements
• Maintain current tool documentation covering status, known issues, collection metrics and recommendations
• Report on tool performance, including availability, job success rates, changes since the previous period and recommended actions
• Own and maintain a satellite imagery collection tool used to deliver commercial imagery to operational systems

• Working understanding of space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including current satellite capabilities
• Five years or more of multi-mission planning using orbit and sensor modelling
• Hands-on experience building and running satellite collection tooling for national or multinational customers
• Real proficiency with GIS and web mapping libraries
• Experience integrating several commercial imagery providers into one collection capability using their protocols
• Excellent spoken and written English, demonstrated in recent work
• Self-direction to work alone without supervision and ability to work effectively within a team
• Strong research and analytical habits
• Genuine appetite for problem solving
• Experience of defence or military intelligence processes is welcome