Geospatial Jobs #125: Feb 17, 2026

Welcome to the 125th issue of Geospatial Jobs, a newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climate-tech, 🌽ag-tech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more).

The paywall on issue #121 is removed and it’s now freely accessible. Shout out to Gaby Lagunes and Ariana Caiati who voluntarily helped with formatting this issue.

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🕵️💵 Recent Fundraisings / Updates:

Nothing new for this week.

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💡📚 Useful Resources:

• Project Drawdown launched a Climate Science Serving America Fellowship and is offering 2-3 fellowships to early- or mid-career US-based engineers focused on climate science and solutions. Applications due April 17th.

• Applications are now open for the Summer 2026 cohort of Pear VC’s pre-seed bootcamp PearX. Applications due Feb 22nd.

• GEO Mountains is hosting a Youth Ideathon on Earth Observation for Disaster Risk Reduction in Mountain Regions (Obergurgl, Austria July 1-8, 2026). Travel support, accommodation, meals, and conference registration are provided.

• ESA–NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for Earth Observation, (May 19–22, 2026) at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

• Development Seed launches the EOPF Sentinel Zarr Explorer to demonstrate what becomes possible when Sentinel data moves to Zarr.

• 2026 GRSS Data Fusion Contest: SAR Temporal Storytelling, Large-Scale Analysis of Temporal InSAR Stacks

• ⭐️ Calm Down is a new weekly newsletter I’ve been reading about the neuroscience of calm, attention, and cognitive performance. Check it out and subscribe here: shaadyharrison.com

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PhD positions:

1. U Buffalo: Wildfire resilience

2. 🇨🇦ECCS: Meteorology scholarship

3. 🇬🇧Imperial: Citizen science for water security

4. 🇬🇧U Liverpool: Multimodal AI & geodemographic classification

5. 🇩🇪IDEAS: 6 PhDs, Data science for environmental, life, or health sciences

6. 🇩🇪U Dresden: Drought effects on beech forest

7. 🇩🇪Utrecht U: Hydrology in the Himalaya

8. 🇨🇭EPFL: Geomechanics and geothermal energy

9. 🇳🇱U Twente: Remote sensing & wildfire dynamics

10. 🇧🇪KU Leuven:

    1. Urban green exposure & health analytics

    2. Remote sensing and soil erosion

11. 🇸🇪KTH: Predicting Hydrological Extremes with Earth Data

12. 🇦🇺UNSW: Coastal science and modelling

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Data Science / Engineering Positions:

1. Internships:

   1. UNESCO: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Tsunami Resilience Section)

   2. GEOAI:

      1. Machine Learning

      2. Software Development

   3. NASA (Greenbelt): Summer intern - global irrigation mapping

   4. FM (Norwood): Summer 2026 Natural Hazard Risk Assessment Research Internship

   5. NatGeo (DC): Summer Cartography Intern

   6. Aspen Institute: Two Energy and Environment interns

   7. 🇨🇦Nova Scotia Gov: Climate Adaptation ROI Summer Student

2. Microsoft (Redmond): Principal Applied Data Scientist - AI for Good Lab

3. Planet (Honolulu): Solutions Architect Deployment Strategist

4. Finite Carbon: Forest Carbon Analyst

5. KBR / USGS (Chantilly, VA): Data Scientist / Systems Engineer

6. Center for Geospatial Solutions: Geospatial Backend Software Developer

7. Satellogic: Multiple positions

8. Idaho Power: Atmospheric Scientist/Meteorologist

9. 🇬🇧DeepMind (London): Research Scientist in AI for extreme weather forecasting

10. 🇬🇧MSF: EO Technical Expert

11. 🇬🇧🇳🇱Rainforest: Senior Software Engineering Manager

12. 🇬🇧RWE: Weather Data Scientist

13. 🇬🇧JBA (Skipton): Natural Hazards Data Scientist

14. 🇬🇧Echo Labs (London):

    1. Director of Modelling

    2. Senior Machine Learning Engineer

    3. Director of Operations

15. 🇬🇧WTW: Natural Catastrophe and Climate Risk Consultant

16. 🇩🇪🇬🇧ECMWF:

    1. Machine Learning Engineer

    2. Data Support Assistant

17. 🇩🇪🇪🇬🇰🇪UN: Disaster Data Expert (3)

18. 🇨🇦Service New Brunswick: GIS and Geodesy Coordinator

19. 🇳🇱Land Life: Product Manager

20. 🇳🇴MET Norway:

    1. Researcher

    2. Research/Scientific Programmer

21. 🇨🇿AON (Prague): GIS Analyst

22. 🇦🇺Aethon Aerial: Geospatial Analyst

23. 🇦🇺Geoneon: Wildfire & Forest Scientist

24. 🇦🇺Umwelt: Senior Geospatial Consultant

25. 🇦🇺NSW: Hydrologist

26. 🇦🇺WSP: GIS Consultant

27. 🇦🇺GHGsat: Remote Sensing Operations Specialist

28. 🇦🇺MetService: Consultant Meteorologist

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Postdoc / Research Positions:

1. LLNL: Postdoc: Deep learning for Earth system modeling

2. U Alabama: Postdoc: Coastal hazard modeling

3. CSU Monterey Bay: Postdoc: Fuel moisture with NASA FireSense

4. FIU: Postdoc: Water resources engineering

5. U Iowa: Postdoc: Flood risk management

6. WHOI:

   1. Researcher: Bycatch conservationist

   2. Research Specialist

7. 🇬🇧CAM: Postdoc: Landscape restoration and connectivity

8. 🇬🇧U Hull: Postdoc: Water data for people

9. 🇬🇧ARU: Researcher: AI4MultiGIS project

10. 🇮🇹CNR: 2 Research positions, Digital twins for high-res hydrology

11. 🇳🇴NORCE: InSAR for geohazards and cryosphere applications

12. 🇨🇭ETHZ: Postdoc: Forest Dynamics Modeling

13. 🇨🇭MeteoSwiss: Researcher: Snow modelling

14. 🇮🇪U Galway: Postdoc: Hydrological modeller

15. 🇩🇪GFZ:

    1. Postdoc: Environmental seismology

    2. Postdoc: Dendroclimatology & dendroecology

    3. Postdoc: Ecohydrology / Environmental Seismology

16. 🇳🇱SRON: Postdoc: Methane emissions

17. 🇳🇱WUR: Postdoc: Aquifer recharge

18. 🇨🇿GACR: Postdoc: Hydrology and climatology

19. 🇨🇾ERATOSTHENES:

    1. Postdoc: EO & AI for soil health risk assessment

    2. Researcher: Social sciences

20. 🇸🇬U Singapore: Postdoc: Hydrodynamics & fish farm modelling