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Basic Information
Client ID: 118000
Job ID: 2349
Position: Image Processing Engineer
Location: Tokyo
Salary: 6M 9M JPY
Language: Business English
Contract type: Permanent
Who we are
We provide onestop solutions using geospatial data from its own SAR satellites in line with its mission to create a progressive world based on real data. We are building a constellation of our own small SAR satellites to provide data and analytic information to governments and commercial entities.
We are the only company in the world with the capabilities to both develop and operate its own satellites and provide analytics solutions. We offer subscriptionbased solutions and new solution development with collaborative prototyping:
- Infrastructure development
- Energy and natural resources development
- Disaster risk management
We have already successfully launched two satellites and are aiming to launch six satellites by 2023 and a constellation of 30 satellites around 2026. According to our calculations if we can operate 30 small SAR satellites we will be able to acquire and analyze local ground data within two hours of a disaster anywhere in the world and provide information that will contribute to decisionmaking in disaster response. Even if an earthquake flood or other disaster occurs during the nighttime and it is difficult for people to enter the area we will be able to quickly observe and confirm the situation.
Our CREDO:
- Synergy of Spirit: We embark on this journey together bringing with us our combined experiences and life. As a team we recognize that the teams goals are also personal goals and personal goals are the teams goals. We each share a part of the responsibility to succeed.
- Synthesis of Knowledge: We try to create new value under conditions that have huge uncertainty and volatility. The only way for us to succeed is to progress through trial and error that we learn from and make changes based on our new knowledge.
- Synched with the Future: We have an obligation to create a sustainable future for the next generations. To do so we must tackle tough challenges as pioneers leaving our comfort zones that prevent our growth.
Roles and Responsibility
We build a constellation of SAR satellites that will produce hundreds of images of the Earth everyday. We are looking for a software engineer experienced in image processing and computer vision to develop and optimize our image processing pipeline and help us with the delivery of our SAR images.
Responsibility
- Develop tools and algorithms for processing analyzing and formatting SAR images
- Design and implement new features for our data processing pipeline (from RAW radar pulses to SLC and ground detected products) to enhance efficiency and functionality
- Create and maintain tests to ensure the reliability and quality of delivered products
- Investigate and resolve issues related to the data processing pipeline providing support in triaging and troubleshooting
- Benchmarking and optimization of existing implementations
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to integrate new features within our larger system architecture
Details of work
- Build and deploy tools and algorithms for processing analyzing and formatting images
- Create maintain and optimize our processing pipelines and data storage
Selling points of this role
- Crossfunctional collaboration: Work alongside experts from various disciplines such as aerospace engineering radar engineering digital signal processing software engineering among others.
- Tackle challenging problems such as dealing with very large image files (sometimes over tens of gigabytes) while ensuring timely data product creation.
- Get hands on experience on working with cloud platforms
- Participate in the stage of scaling our system from a few to dozens of satellites in space
- Work with a modern technical stack and development tools:
- Python 3.11: poetry mypy flake8 pyright
- C20: CMake conan
- Rust: With pyO3 for python integration
Minimum Requirements
- Background in image and signal processing and computer vision
- Experience in C C or Rust
- Shell and Python scripting
- Knowing development tools like Git linters and debuggers
- Experience with software testing (unit testing integration testing system testing)
- Can commute to our office in Tokyo some days a week. This is a hybrid role.
- Good verbal and written English
Preferred Requirements
- Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tool
s and methodologies
- Experience with SIMD CUDA OpenMP or other parallelization technologies
- Experience working with large image or video datasets
- Excellent project portfolio
- Experience working with satellites or space systems
- Familiar with ideally Google Cloud Platform or other clouds
- Japanese language skills
- You have worked in a startup befor
Conditions / Benefits
Employment system: Permanent
Location: Kiyosumi Shirakawa Tokyo
Annual Salary:JPY
- Based on experience ability and previous work experience
- Personnel evaluation system every 6 months
Hours: Flextime system
- Core time from 11:00 15:00
- 2 days off a week (weekends) including Japanese public holidays
- 10 days of paid time leave granted first year with an increment of 1 day every following year (ex. 11 days in the second year) up to a maximum in accordance with Japans labor laws.
Probation: 3 months
Benefits:
- Language learning support (Up to 30000 yen /month)
- Employee stock option
- Jobrelated learning expenses covered
- Side business allowed
- Social insurance and annual medical check
- Maternity and childcare leave
- No dress code
- No smoking on the premises (outdoor or indoor smoking areas available)
Interview Process
- Application Screening
- 1st Interview
- 2nd Interview
- 3rd Interview
- Offer
This process is subject to change.
Remote Work :
No