Sorosh Shoaie

Sorosh Shoaie is a Software Engineer specializing in soil water content at Planet since January 2022, focusing on SWC product development and enhancing data retrieval from the SMAP satellite. Prior experience includes managing over 20 drought insurance services at VanderSat from June 2018 to December 2021, where automation and quality control improvements were implemented, along with roles as an operator and analyst utilizing satellite data for parametric drought insurance and remote sensing research. In earlier positions, Shoaie worked as a recruiter consultant at ATG Europe, contributing to a European Space Agency tender, and served as a wave propagation engineer at ESA-ESTEC, updating radiative transfer models. An academic background includes a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology, complemented by a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Engineering from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.