Image Processing Intern: AI-Assisted Tools for CalVal

Overview

Loftorbital invites applications for an Image Processing Intern to join the End-to-End Validation and Performance team at the Toulouse office in France. The selected candidate will contribute to image-processing and calibration and validation activities for Earth-observation missions, exploring how routine onboard imagery supports optical performance testing and radiometric calibration to build an evaluated engineering prototype. This is a six-month, end-of-studies internship with a target start date in early 2027.

Who can apply

This internship is open to students enrolled in engineering, applied physics, remote sensing, image processing, data science, or related fields. Applicants must submit their resume in English.

What you get

The internship offers a gross monthly gratification of €1,300. Additional benefits include lunch vouchers, a sustainable mobility package, a mentoring program, and a daily work environment comprising over twenty different nationalities. Visa sponsorship may be offered for suitable candidates.

Requirements

Candidates must be studying in a relevant technical or scientific discipline and possess foundational knowledge in signal or image processing, alongside a strong interest in Earth observation. Applicants are required to have basic programming skills in Python, comfort working with scientific data, an analytical mindset, rigor, and the ability to document assumptions and limitations. Preferred qualifications include exposure to satellite imagery or remote sensing data, experience with optimization, statistical estimation, or machine-learning evaluation, familiarity with image analysis libraries and scientific Python tools, and an understanding of radiometric calibration or data quality assessment.

How to apply

Applicants should provide an English copy of their resume for review by the international hiring team.

Key dates

The target start date for this six-month internship is early 2027.