Careers in downstream satellite applications Michael Lawrence Business Development Director Deimos Space UK 1
Agenda 1. What is the downstream sector? 2. What kinds of jobs are available? 3. What do you need to be doing to get into the sector? All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK (Image Deimos Imaging) 2
Deimos Space UK A subsidiary of the Spanish satellite technology company Elecnor Deimos (part of the Elecnor group) 21 staff in UK, 350+ staff in Spain, Portugal and Romania Based at Harwell Experts in satellite software and systems engineering Flight Segment Guidance, Navigation and Control Ground Segment Space Situational Awareness Global Navigation Satellite Systems Earth Observation Satellite Applications Location Based Services All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK (Image Deimos Imaging) 3
The UK Space Economy Upstream Space Transportation Ground Segment Manufacturing Research and Consultancy All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 4
The UK Space Economy Upstream Downstream Space Transportation Ground Segment Manufacturing Research and Consultancy Financial Services Broadcasting Communications Defence Earth Observation Navigation Science All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 5
The UK Space Economy Wider Space Economy Upstream Space Transportation Ground Segment Manufacturing Research and Consultancy Downstream Financial Services Broadcasting Communications Defence Earth Observation Navigation Science All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK Broadcasting TV and Radio content Communications Disaster recovery Telemedicine Oil and Gas exploration Defence Surveillance Earth Observation Meteorology Mapping Border control Environmental protection Navigation Road navigation and telematics Location Based Services Precision agriculture Surveying and construction 6
Size of the UK downstream industry 2013/14 Upstream Downstream Turnover 1b 10b Employment 8,000 28,000 All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 7
Space Innovation and Growth Strategy The highest growth space markets over the next two decades will be in space-based services and applications using space data, services and infrastructure. The greatest challenge now is for the space industry to become more outward looking. It needs to reach out to other sectors of the UK and global economy that can benefit from space applications, data and services. The aim should be to create a space enabled economy where space components provide new advantages that lead to growth, new jobs and increased market share in areas not traditionally linked to space. All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 8
Land Cover Land Use CropID: Crop Classification Satellite data plus geometry of the field boundaries Apply machine learning algorithms Classify by choosing the most probable crop for each field
Land Cover Land Use CropID: Crop Classification - Field boundaries from the Rural Payments Agency - Satellite imagery: DMC-2/Deimos-1 satellite imagery (22m) Tested with RapidEye (5m) 3 images through the year, covering beginning, middle and end of growing season are preferred - Supervised classification Field survey to collect ground data: 2000 fields visited Support Vector Machine and Random Forest used for classification, taking the best result for each crop
Land Cover Land Use CropID: Example 11
Precision agriculture - KORE Augmenting a precision agriculture service using Satellite and UAV Earth Observation imagery to provide cost effective crop management advice 12
Precision agriculture - KORE Planning for variable rate application of crop inputs Crop change detection Identifying weeds in crops Assessment of yield Plant counting 13
Precision agriculture KORE Potato plant counting Counted: 1672 plants 14
SAFIY project Smart Application for Feature extraction & 3D modelling using high-resolution satellite Imagery partnership with Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai 15
SAFIY objective Automatically update maps in Dubai using highresolution satellite imagery 16
Urban - Roads The existing road network is known and available in vector format Using high-resolution imagery from Deimos-2 and Dubaisat-2 (1m) Bands: Red Green Blue Near Infrared When new images arrive: Detect roads Compare with current road network Find differences 17
Urban - Roads Satellite image + Training data Classification Road pixels Skeletonise Vectorise New vectors 18
Recent Deimos downstream vacancies Image Processing Engineer Experience of Image processing algorithms and feature extraction tools OGC Web interface (WMS, WCS, WFS) Software development using Python within AGILE teams (SCRUM) PostgreSQL, PostGIS GIS Engineer Experience of Geographic Information Systems e.g. ESRI ArcGIS Knowledge of Python or Java Experience of development using GeoServer Lead Software Engineer for Satellite Applications Experience of Java and/or C/C++ Familiarity with web frameworks and Linux deployment Experience of building Android or ios apps All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 19
Recent Deimos downstream candidates Image Processing Engineer Telecomms Engineering + Geoinformation and Remote Sensing GIS Engineer Environmental Science + GIS and Spatial Planning Lead Software Engineer for Satellite Applications Physics + Astronomical Technology All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 20
What makes you an attractive candidate for jobs in the downstream satellite sector? Relevant degree(s) + work experience - software development skills are important هل تتحدث العربية français?, Languages - hablas español?, parlez-vous Team work you will be part of a team Project Management you need to manage your work (and other people s work) Communication/ Presentation skills you need to be able to tell people about your work Finance you need to be aware of the business impact of your work All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK 21
Summary 1. The downstream satellite applications sector is growing 2. A wide variety of jobs are available 3. You don t need to be a Physics graduate All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, without the prior written permission of DEIMOS Space UK (Image Deimos Imaging) 22
Michael Lawrence Business Development Director Deimos Space UK michael.lawrence@deimos-space.com