Quality Control Specialist – Defence Mapping Solutions

About the role

Airbus GeoTech in Barcelona is looking for a Quality Control Specialist to support defence mapping solutions. You will join a small, growing team of experts working on Earth Observation, geoinformation and drone system operations.

Key responsibilities

• Validate semantic data and ensure schema compliance, including metadata and attribute alignment.
• Assess geometry quality: positional accuracy, topology rules and completeness.
• Cross‑verify multi‑source imagery and elevation data (VHR satellite images and DEMs).
• Report non‑conformities, provide clear comments with evidence, and follow corrective actions until final acceptance.
• Prepare deliverables such as QC validation logs and Data Quality Reports.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geomatics, GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography or a related field.
• 0–3 years of experience in GIS, mapping production, remote sensing or geospatial quality control.
• Experience with defence mapping, topographic databases or satellite‑image interpretation is a strong plus.

Required skills

• Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro/Desktop and QGIS.
• Knowledge of topology, editing, geoprocessing, symbology and layout review.
• Understanding of coordinate systems, scale, positional accuracy and geodatabase schemas.
• Basic programming in Python, including ArcPy or PyQGIS, and a SQL mindset.