Geospatial Jobs #28: Dec 1, 2022
Welcome to the 28th 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 previous issues, click here.
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Open Positions:
a. Data Science / Engineering positions:
Chevron is hiring a Remote Sensing & Geospatial Specialist (San Ramon, CA): Link
Meta is hiring a Sustainability Program Manager (Fremont, CA): Link
Boston Consulting Group is hiring a Project Leader for Sustainable Manufacturing: Link
KeyBank is hiring two positions:
Corteva Agriscience is hiring for multiple positions (Des Monies, IA):
ZestyAI is hiring a Data Scientist - Climate Risk Modeling: Link
First Street Foundation is hiring a Senior Data Scientist (Brooklyn, NY): Link
SageSure is hiring for multiple positions:
KatRisk LLC is hiring a Platform Engineer (Fermont, CA): Link
FactSet is hiring a Research Director - ESG: Link
Kairos Aerospace is hiring a Senior LiDAR Engineer/Scientist (Sunnyvale, CA): Link
PG&E is hiring a Senior Data Scientist (Oakland, CA): Link
RMSI is hiring a Geospatial Data Analyst (Sunnyvale, CA): Link
Applied Technology & Science (A-T-S) is hiring an Environmental Scientist/GIS Specialist: Link
Booz Allen Hamilton is hiring a Climate Intelligence Scientist: Link
Integral Consulting is hiring a Coastal Scientist/Environmental Engineer (Santa Cruz, CA): Link
TNC is hiring a Strategy Scientist for Spatial Planning: Link
🇨🇦 WWF is hiring a Geospatial Data Analyst: Link
🇨🇦 SwissRe is hiring a Nat Cat Specialist Modeler (Ontario, CA): Link
🇨🇦 RiskThinking.AI is hiring for several positions:
b. Postdoc / research positions:
Postdoc fellowship at Columbia Data Science Institute on Climate & AI: Link
Postdoc fellowship at EPA on Simulating Watershed-scale Non-perennial Streamflow: Link
Postdoc position at NASA JPL on remote sensing and modeling of Earth’s surface water: Link
Postdoc position at Berkeley Lab on developing predictive understanding on how mountainous watersheds function: Link
Two postdoc positions at Lawrence Livermore National Lab:
Postdoc position at Los Alamos National Lab on Computational Hydro-Geochemistry: Link
Postdoc position at Oak Ridge National Lab on Water-Energy Nexus: Link
Postdoc position at US Forest Service on Hydrological Modeling (Durham, NC): Link
Two postdoc positions available at NYU:
Postdoc position at CSIS on Energy Security and Climate Change (Washington, DC): Link
Postdoc position at UCSC on Geophysics (Santa Cruz, CA): Link
Postdoc position at Woodwell Climate Research Center on Hydrological Modeling and Watershed Biogeochemistry (Falmouth, MA): Link
Postdoc position at Virginia Tech in the Global Rivers Group: Link
Postdoc at the EPA on modeling non-perennial streamflow: Link
Postdoc at Colorado State on human impacts to river-floodplain connectivity: Link
Postdoc at UC Boulder on the future of aquatic flows: Link
Postdoc at Arizona State University on urban flux measurements: link
Postdoc at University of Minnesota on assessing hydrologic conditions using remote sensing: Link
Postdoc at Ohio State University on satellite remote sensing and deep learning of energy and water resources: Link
Postdoc at University of Delaware on evaluating floodplain restorations: Link
Postdoc at University of Louisiana-Lafayette on hydrology and water resources: Link
Postdoc at University of Oregon on climate benefits of reforestation: Link
Postdoc at Mississippi State University on vegetation water use through satellite data and cloud computing: Link
Two Postdoc positions at the University of Iowa in AI, knowledge network, and intelligent systems: Link
PhD internship in climate simulation research group with NVIDIA: Link
GIS Analyst Internship (Spring/Summer 2023) available at Sentera: Link
🇨🇦 Postdoc at University of Saskatchewan on Machine Learning-based Seasonal Runoff Forecasting: Link
🇪🇸 Group Coordinator Position at The Barcelona Supercomputing Center: Link
🕵️💵 Companies to Follow (recent fundings):
🇩🇪 OroraTech, Munich-based thermal-infrared data intelligence startup has raised €15M series A funding. Learn more
🇳🇱 Overstory, a Netherlands-based satellite company providing vegetation intelligence, raised $5.2M seed funding. Learn more
Propeller has announced their first fund of $100M to support and accelerate climate and ocean startups aimed at tackling climate change. Learn more
📚📖 Useful Resources:
NASA Harvest Field Boundary Detection Challenge (with $5000 prize), for classifying crop field boundaries using multispectral observations. Link
ClimateMatch Academy has introduced a two week python-based program on computational methods for climate science (summer 2023). If you would like to participate or are interested in volunteering, check them out. Learn more
Students in Latin America and the Caribbean can apply for Google's PhD Fellowship program: Link
Python LeafMap package now support JupyterLite to be run entirely on the browser with some interactive basemaps (another useful tutorial by Qiusheng Wu): Link