Geospatial Jobs #31: Feb 1, 2023

Welcome to the 31st issue of Geospatial Jobs, a career newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climatetech, 🌽agtech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more). A special welcome to the ~420 new subscribers since previous issue. I hope you find this effort helpful.

🙏 Big shout out and special thanks to the two volunteers who helped with preparing this issue: Chloe Whicker and Hamed Sharif. Can’t thank them enough for how much they’ve been helpful and I really appreciate their time and work.

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Open Positions:

a. Data Science / Engineering positions:

1. Citi Bank is looking to fill two positions (New York, NY):

   1. Climate Risk Model Developer VP: Link 

   2. Climate Transition Risk Model Development SVP: Link

2. JP Morgan Chase is hiring a Climate Scientist (New York, NY): Link 

3. Balyasny Asset Management is hiring an Energy/Industrials Data Analyst (Chicago, IL):  Link 

4. EY is hiring a Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Climate Risk Modeling Manager: Link 

5. Gro Intelligence is hiring a Senior Research Scientist (New York, NY): Link 

6. Hydrosat is hiring two positions:

   1. Software Engineering Manager: Link

   2. Senior Imaging Systems Engineer (Seattle, WA): Link 

7. Verisk is looking for three positions (Boston, MA):

   1. Atmospheric Scientist/Catastrophe Modeler: Link

   2. Senior Scientist: Link

   3. Atmospheric Scientist with a focus on Extratropical Cyclones: Link

8. Maxar is hiring a Big Data Software Engineer (Herndon, VA): Link 

9. Planet is hiring a Senior Imagery Software Engineer: Link

10. Descartes Labs is looking to fill three positions:

    1. Data Scientist: Link

    2. SAR Engineer /Scientist: Link

    3. Geospatial Engineer: Link 

11. Solis Applied Science is hiring an Imagery Scientist (Charlottesville, VA): Link

12. Citadel is hiring a Commodities/Weather Analyst, PhD (US/Europe) Link 

13. Sandia National Laboratories is hiring an R&D Computer Scientist focused on Space, Satellites, and Remote Sensing (Albuquerque, NM): Link 

14. World Resources Institute is hiring for two positions:

    1. Agriculture and Climate Research Associate: Link 

    2. GIS Research Associate: Link

15. The Nature Conservancy is hiring: 

    1. Applied Climate Modeling Scientist, Global Science (​​Arlington, VA): Link

    2. Data Analyst with experience in Freshwater Tools (New York, NY): Link 

16. USGS is hiring a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist: Link

17. California ISO is hiring a Forecast Model Analyst:Link 

18. Tetra Tech is hiring an Environmental Data Scientist (North Carolina): Link

19. 🇨🇦 Gallagher is hiring a Senior Catastrophe Model Developer (Toronto, ON): Link

20. 🇬🇧 Berkshire Hathaway is hiring a Data Scientist (London, UK): ​​ Link 

21. 🇩🇪 Up42 is hiring for multiple positions (Berlin):

    1. Python Engineer – Analytics: Link

    2. Senior Python Engineer – Analytics: Link

    3. Senior (Geospatial) Python Engineer- Data: Link

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b. Postdoc / research positions:

1. NOAA is hiring a hydrologist: Link

2. Multiple positions are available at NASA: 

   1. Postdoc in Tropospheric Ozone Trends and Variability using Satellite Observations: Link

   2. Visualization and User Interface Software Engineer: Link

   3. Postdoc in SWOT Sea Surface Height Analysis: Link

3. ORNL is hiring for:

   1. Geospatial Scientist: Link

   2. Two postdocs to work on water resources science: Link

4. NCAR is hiring a postdoc to work on Hydrometeorological and Hydroclimatic Analyses: Link

5. Integrated Hydrology at Princeton is hiring a Research Software Engineer: Link 

6. Postdoc at UNAM working with Beth Tellman for a wetland governance and transformation project: Link

7. Tenure Track Scientist position in coastal groundwater dynamics is available at WHOI: Link 

8. Two postdoc positions at FSU on Predicting Coastal and Inland Floods and Predicting Harmful Algae Blooms: Link 

9. Postdoc position at Columbia University on Solving Failing Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in US: Link

10. Two postdoc positions at Stanford:

    1. Climate Change Mitigation: Link

    2. Drought Planning: Link

11. Postdoc position at CSDMS in Water Resource Management: Link

12. Postdoc position at Indiana University in Future of Aquatic Flows: Link

13. Faculty Research Assistant position at Oregon State University in Rangeland Science and Technology: Link

14. Postdoc position at ASU in Basin-scale and Distributed Assessments of the Water Budget: Link

15. Research Fellow position at WDNR in Climate Change and Coastal Wetlands: Link

16. 🇳🇱 Postdoc position at NatGeo in water resource modelling: Link

17. 🇬🇧 Postdoc position at Bristol University in hydrological drought projections: Link

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🕵️💵 Companies to Follow (recent fundings):

• EarthOptics secures $27.6M series B funding to advance its soil sensing platform and capitalize more on carbon sequestration. Learn more

• Floodbase (fka Cloud to Street) has raised $12M series A funding to offer near-real-time information on flooding. Learn more

• Kuva Systems has raised $11.3M Series A investment for their IoT methane emission detection platform. Learn more

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📚📖 Useful Resources:

• Summer school in radar observations of cloud and precipitation organized at Stony Brook University: Link

• Lots of great stuff in satellite imagery and deep learning available at Link Check out their github for more info

• Getting your academic resume ready for industry, a very useful piece written by Kelly Kochanski: Link