Geospatial Jobs #13: Sep 24, 2021
Welcome to the 13th issue of Geospatial Jobs, a career newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climatetech, 🌽agtech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more). To check out the previous issues, please click here.
Open Positions:
a. Data Science / ML Engineering positions:
🇺🇸 Facebook is hiring a GIS & Maps Quality Analyst: Link
🇺🇸 Carbon Robotics is hiring a Deep Learning Engineer (Seattle, WA): Link
🇺🇸 Farmer's Business Network (FBN) is hiring a Data Scientist (San Carlos, CA): Link
🇺🇸 Climate Corporation is hiring a Geospatial Data Scientist: Link
🇺🇸 Planet is hiring a Data Analyst: Link
🇺🇸 Maxar is hiring a senior data scientist: Link
🇺🇸 DTN is hiring a Meteorological software engineer: Link
🇺🇸 EarthOptics is hiring a ML and Data Science Lead: Link
🇺🇸 AECOM is hiring a Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist (San Francisco, CA): Link
🇺🇸 Moodys Analytics is hiring a Climate Data Analyst: Link
🇺🇸 Salient Predictions is hiring a Customer Solutions Architect: Link
🇺🇸 Jupiter Intelligence is hiring a Coastal Ocean Modeler: Link
🇺🇸 HowGood is hiring for multiple positions:
🇺🇸 EPRI is hiring a Land Use Economist/Modeler: Link
🇺🇸 Emergent is hiring a Technical Assistance Consultant: Link
🇺🇸 Guidehouse is hiring two positions:
🇺🇸 Deloitte is hiring a GIS Senior Consultant: Link
🇺🇸 RMSI is hiring a Lead GIS (Sunnyvale, CA): Link
🇺🇸 CBRE is hiring a GIS Analyst (Remote): Link
🇺🇸 USAID is hiring a Data Scientist (Washington, DC): Link
🇺🇸 The State of California is seeking an executive director to lead California's Office of Cradle-to-Career Data: Link
🇬🇧 Sylvera is hiring for two positions:
🇬🇧 RMS is hiring an Associate Solutions Analyst: Link
🇨🇦 GHGSAT is hiring an Image Registration Specialist (Montreal, QC): Link
🇵🇱 ICEYE is hiring a Flood Analyst (Warsaw, Poland): Link
Postdoc / research positions:
🇺🇸 Berkeley Lab (LBNL) is hiring for multiple postdoc fellow positions:
🇺🇸 Research software engineer position for cloud-based ocean sonar data processing available at the University of Washington: Link
🇺🇸 Sustainability Data Specialist position available at Stanford University: Link
🇺🇸 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has multiple postdoc positions:
🇺🇸 NASA JPL is hiring 4 postdoc positions:
🇺🇸 Postdoc position on Carbon cycle and Earth system modeling available at NCAR: Link
🇺🇸 Research Scientist position on Developing Statistical Methods to Improve Weather and Hydrologic Predictions at CIRES: Link
🇺🇸 3-year postdoc position on water and carbon observational products using ML working with Pierre Gentine at Columbia University: Link
🇺🇸 Associate Research Scientist position available in the Ocean Carbon Group of Columbia University: Link
🇺🇸 Postdoc/Research scientist position on Machine Learning for Climate Extremes at NYU (M2LInES): Link
🇺🇸 Remote Sensing Specialist position available at Yale University: Link
🇺🇸 Two positions available at Arizona State University:
🇺🇸 Postdoc scholar in Remote Sensing of Biotic Stress available at UC-Riverside (AI for Sustainable Ag): Link
🇺🇸 Postdoc position on Remote Sensing and Environmental Data Science at UC Davis: Link
🇺🇸 Assistant Project Scientist (Water Resources Engineering) available at UC Davis: Link
🇺🇸 Postdoc position on flood hazard available at Cal-Poly State University: Link
🇺🇸 Postdoc position on civil infrastructure inspection using computer vision and fiber optic sensors available at the University of Kansas: Link
🇺🇸 Postdoc position on watershed, water-quality, and SWAT model at Penn State University: Link
🇬🇧 Willis postdoc fellow on Cyclone risk modeling available at Exeter University: Link
🇨🇦 2 postdoc positions at Geological Survey of Canada on 3D Methods and Modeling Geoscientist: (Link1, Link2, email for enquiries)
🇨🇦 Accelerate Internship Opportunities for students in Canadian Universities to support them to create baselines towards Science Based Targets: Link
🇫🇷 Two postdoc positions to work at Kayrros on very high resolution remote sensing imagery for mapping biomass and forest carbon stocks (Paris): Link
🇵🇱 Postdoc position at the University of Warsaw to work with cloud microphysics and turbulent mixing in Earth System Models: Link
🕵️💵 Companies to Follow (recent fundings):
🇺🇸 Fieldin, a Fresno, CA-based AgTech startup using smart sensors for its specialty crop management platform, raised $30M in Series B funding. Learn more
🇺🇸 Carbon Robotics, a Seattle, WA-based startup using computer vision and autonomous robots to identify and zap weeds, has raised $27M. Learn more
🇺🇸 Kevala, a San Francisco, CA-based startup focusing on grid analytics and carbon accounting for energy resources, has raised $21M in Series A funding. Learn more
🇺🇸 Patch, a San Francisco, CA-based carbon offsetting startup, raised $20.8M in Series A funding. Their seed funding was just a few months ago back in March when they raised more than $4M.
🇺🇸 Smartwyre, a Denver, CO-based agriculture pricing and insights company, raised $11M in Series A funding. Learn more
🇺🇸 Intelinair, aerial imagery and agronomic intelligence company, has closed a $20M Series B funding to scale digital agronomy product and expand into carbon: Learn more
🇺🇸 EarthOptics, an AgTech startup developing tools for sustainable soil management and yield increase, has raised $10M in Series A funding to accelerate carbon mapping. Learn more
🇺🇸 HySpecIQ, Herndon, Virginia-based startup, received $20M funding to build and launch two satellites with cameras featuring advanced sensors to peer through solid objects. Learn more
🇺🇸🇪🇸 Near Space Labs, Brooklyn- and Barcelona-based startup that collects geospatial data through small autonomous robots attached to weather balloons has raised $13M series A funding. Learn more
🇬🇧 Fathom, the UK-based company focusing on flood risk intelligence, has received a minority investment from Moody’s Corporation. Learn more
📚📖 Useful Resources:
If you are new to Github and want to learn more about it, here is one online course on Udemy that can be useful: Link
Several benchmark dataset for machine learning published based on ECMWF data representing real-world data science problems in weather. Learn more
📨💡 Suggestions and feedbacks are highly appreciated! Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn or Twitter. To learn more about my background, visit http://ali.people.ua.edu/.