Quality Control Specialist for Defence Mapping Solutions

Airbus
Barcelona
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)0Education: bachelorsSkills: ["ArcGIS Pro","QGIS","Python","SQL","ArcPy","PyQGIS","Geodatabase","Metadata validation","Topology"]

Quality Control Specialist responsible for validating geospatial data, assessing geometry quality, and cross-verifying imagery/elevation for defence mapping solutions. Works with GIS tools (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS) and internal QA tools to ensure metadata alignment, accuracy, and deliverables like QC logs and Data Quality Reports, in a hybrid Barcelona-based team with international travel.

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Airbus
Airbus
1 month ago

Quality Control Specialist for Defence Mapping Solutions

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Job Summary

Quality Control Specialist responsible for validating geospatial data, assessing geometry quality, and cross-verifying imagery/elevation for defence mapping solutions. Works with GIS tools (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS) and internal QA tools to ensure metadata alignment, accuracy, and deliverables like QC logs and Data Quality Reports, in a hybrid Barcelona-based team with international travel.
Location: Barcelona
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Semantic data validation and schema compliance. Metadata, attributes, dictionary alignment, etc.
  • •Quality Assessment of geometries. Positional accuracy, topology rules, completeness.
  • •Multi-Source Imagery & Elevation Cross-Verification. VHR Satellite images and DEMs
  • •Reporting and feedback loops with internal teams and customers, including registering non-conformities, prepare clear comments, attach evidences and follow corrections until final acceptance.
  • •Deliverables preparation including QC validation logs and Data Quality Reports

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Tickets RestaurantCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's or Master's degree in Geomatics, GIS, Geography, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Topography, Geoinformatics, or a related field.
  • •0–3 years in GIS, mapping production, remote sensing or geospatial Quality Control; Defence mapping, topographic databases or satellite-image interpretation are strong pluses.
  • •ArcGIS Pro/Desktop and QGIS; topology, editing, geoprocessing, symbology and layout review; coordinate systems, scale and positional accuracy; geodatabase schemas, feature coding and attribute validation; VHR image interpretation; basic Python, ArcPy/PyQGIS or SQL mindset.
  • •MGCP, VMAP, MUVD, TDS, DGI, STANAG-like rules, ISO 19157 metadata, OSM/open data, DEM/DTM and LiDAR concepts.
  • •French fluent or very fluent (B2/C1 minimum; C1 preferred). English professional level.
Experience:0GisGeospatialDefenceAerospaceEarth observation
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:ArcGIS ProQGISPythonSQLArcPyPyQGISGeodatabaseMetadata validationTopology
Languages:FrenchEnglishSpanishCatalan
Tech Stack:ArcGIS ProQGISPythonSQL

Company Brief

Airbus
Designs, manufactures, and sells commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense and space systems, and related services worldwide. Airbus is a leading aerospace and defense company delivering integrated solutions for civil and military aviation customers.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Toulouse, France
Founded: 1970
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