planetlabs
Calibration/Validation Intern, Lunar Pipeline
At a Glance
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Compensation
- commencement of employment is $35 - $60. The final salary range is de
- Posted
- 2026-03-30T11:54:44-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Aerospace
- Defense
- Engineering
Requirements
Experience with scientific computing in Python within a Unix/Linux environment
Experience conducting research projects and presenting findings
Experience with image registration, mosaicking, and spatial transformations.
Knowledge of coordinate transformations, pointing geometry, or spacecraft ephemeris (e.g., SPICE).
Experience with FastAPI, SQL, and PostgreSQL
Familiarity with computer vision libraries (e.g., OpenCV, scikit-image) and techniques for aligning unreferenced images.
Compensation & Benefits
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
Commuter Benefits
Paid time off for holidays and company-wide days off
Internet reimbursement
Access to LinkedIn Learning
Responsibilities
The Calibration and Validation (CalVal) team supports all of Planet's satellite constellations by ensuring every pixel we deliver reports a calibrated radiometric observation in its right place on the Earth.
The CalVal team applies learnings from scientific research at scale, affecting millions of images and terabytes of data.
This role focuses on radiometric calibration for our PlanetScope SuperDove constellation using the moon as a reference target.
The team is looking for a skilled software engineer to help build an image processing pipeline that stitches partial lunar images into a full-disk composite to compare against established radiometric models.
The goal is to use this model to then develop an internal dashboard that can help us monitor satellite stability and quality.