Geospatial Jobs #44: Mar 4, 2024

Welcome to the 44th issue of Geospatial Jobs, a career newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climatetech, 🌽agtech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more).

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Data Science / Engineering positions:

1. Apple: Software Engineer - MapKit Developer Platform - Apple Maps

2. Maxar 

   1. GIS Data Engineer (Orlando, FL)

   2. Geospatial Data Scientist (​​Reston, VA)

3. HawkEye 360 (Herndon, VA): Technical Program Manager

4. Perennial: Applied Scientist, Agricultural GHG

5. AgriCapture (Nashville): Data Engineer

6. Agoro Carbon Alliance US (Chicago): Geospatial Statistician

7. AI2: ML Engineer, Applied Science and Technology, Environmental AI

8. First Street 

   1. Director of Data Engineering (New York)

   2. Senior Software Engineer (Atlanta)

   3. Data Analyst (New York)

9. Upstream Tech: ML Engineer for HydroForecast

10. ICE (Boston): Senior Geospatial Analytics Engineer

11. BlackRock (New York or SF): Associate, Sustainability Analytics

12. Deloitte (Los Angeles): Power, Utilities & Renewables GIS Solution Lead

13. Southwest Airlines (Dallas): Meteorologist

14. DSA (Aurora, CO): Geospatial Software Engineer

15. Arity: Geospatial Data Scientist Expert

16. Anduril Industries (Costa Mesa, CA): Software Engineer - Geospatial

17. [C]Worthy (Boulder, CO): Lead Software Engineer

18. Funga (Austin): Ecological data scientist

19. California EPA: Extreme Heat Research Scientist

20. EarthGenome: GeoSpatial Software & Data Engineer

21. Texas Water Development Board: Hydrometeorology Data Scientist

22. Internships:

    1. Amazon: Water Business Analyst, AWS Water Team

    2. World Resources Institute (Washington, DC): Geospatial Data Intern

    3. Columbia University (LEAP): 2 summer internships on climate + ML/AI

    4. AI2: Wildlands, computer vision

    5. AECOM (Baltimore, MD): Digital Solutions Intern

    6. Sentera (Saint Paul, MN): GIS Analyst

    7. 🇨🇦 GHGsat: Remote Sensing Data Processing

    8. 🇨🇦 Mila: Forest monitoring with 3D data

    9. 🇱🇺 Hydrosat (Luxembourg): Remote Sensing Intern

23. 🇨🇦 Microsoft (Vacouver): Senior Software Engineer (weather)

24. 🇩🇪 SwissRe 

    1. Nat Cat and Climate Risk Modelling Advisor (Munich)

    2. Senior Flood Modeller (Zurich)

25. 🇩🇪 Seqana: 

    1. Solutions Engineer

    2. Senior ML Research Engineer

26. 🇩🇪 Climatiq: ML Engineer

27. 🇧🇪 VITO: Scientist - Remote Sensing of Ecosystems

28. 🇳🇱 Tiro (Utrecht): Computer Vision Specialist (geodata)

29. 🇫🇷 SpaceSense: GeoAI Data Scientist

30. 🇵🇹 Atlantic (Lisbon): GeoData Scientist and Atmospheric Scientist

31. 🇮🇳 Farmers for Forests (F4F): Research Associate, GIS/Data Analyst

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🕵️💵 Recent Fundings / Updates:

Gro Intelligence is reported to have laid off 60% of staff. A reminder that startups are tough. Kudos to all the founders that still take on the challenge despite all the risks.

• First Street Foundation has started a new Public Benefit Corporation and has started raising private capital.

• Kairos Aerospace has raised $52M for their methane aerial monitoring platform.

• 🇮🇳 Varaha has raised $8.7M series A funding to create carbon credits for smallholders.

• 🇫🇷 UnseenLabs has raised €85M funding to enhance global maritime activities.

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💡📚 Useful Resources:

• Y-Combinator Climate Tech (summer 2024 cohort): Apply to one of the top five startup buckets: Energy Related, Science Required, Climate Adaptation, Green Fintech, and Carbon Accounting & Offsets.

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Postdoc / research positions:

1. MIT Lincoln Labs: Software Engineer and Data Scientist

2. NASA: 

   1. JPL: Climate and megafires

   2. Ames: Early career researcher - Wildland Fire Impacts & Modeling

   3. GSFC: Research scientist on hydrology and data assimilation

   4. IMPACT: Computer Scientist, strong deep learning background

   5. ESDIS: Computer Engineer, AST, Data Systems

3. NOAA: Multiple scientist positions

4. CIRES/NOAA GSL: Postdoc in Fire Aerosol Prediction and S2S Weather Forecast

5. Lynker (NOAA contract):

   1. Geospatial Analyst

   2. Geospatial Scientist

   3. Ecological Remote Sensing Lead (Boulder, CO)

6. Desert Research Institute (DRI): Postdoc, Hydrologic Sciences

7. Naval Research Lab: Remote Sensing Analyst

8. Argonne National Lab: Postdoc in Large-Scale Hydrodynamic Modeling/Hydrology

9. National Renewable Energy Lab: Researcher II/III-Geospatial Science

10. LANL: postdoc on ML and Hydrology

11. Caltech (CliMA team): Software Engineer or Postdoc

12. Penn State: Environmental Data Analytics Postdoc

13. NYU (M2LInES): 3 postdocs on AI to improve ocean models

14. Columbia: postdoc on carbon fluxes and storage associated with AMO

15. Stanford (Natural Capital Project): Software Engineer

16. U Miami: Postdoc on understanding carbon fluxes in the Gulf Stream

17. Princeton: postdoc on hydrologic/hydraulic modeling

18. Louisiana State U: postdoc on costs and benefits of flood protection

19. UC Davis: postdoc on Evaluating tree cooling performance in California

20. UC Merced: postdoc on agriculture and food security

21. Texas A&M: Postdoc on greenhouse gas measurements and modeling

22. U Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL): Postdoc on plant and soil models

23. University of Hawaii: CIMAR Postdoc - sea level variability

24. 🇨🇦 UBC Okanagan: postdoc on wireless water quality sensors

25. 🇪🇺 ECMWF: Multiple ML scientists

26. 🇬🇧 UCL: 2 postdocs in Multi-hazard Risk and Urban Resilience Modeling

27. 🇮🇪 Science Foundation Ireland: Postdoc on Urban Forestry & Remote Sensing

28. 🇩🇪 University of Osnabrück: postdoc on AI and remote sensing

29. 🇩🇪 United Nations U (Bonn): postdoc on Multi-risk adaptation pathways

30. 🇳🇱 VU Amsterdam: postdoc on multi-hazard climate change risk

31. 🇮🇹 CIMA Research Foundation: Researcher, EO

32. 🇸🇪 SMHI: Postdoc in Hydrological Research + another hydrology postdoc

33. 🇦🇺 RMIT (Melbourne): Research Fellow - Computational Geospatial Data Scientist