Geospatial Jobs #61: Nov 14, 2024

Welcome to the 61st issue of Geospatial Jobs, a career newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climate-tech, 🌽ag-tech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more).

The paywall on issue #58 is now removed and it’s freely accessible. This issue includes 34 engineering positions (🇺🇸20, 🇩🇪4, 🇬🇧3, etc.) and 28 research roles.

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🕵️💵 Recent Fundraisings / Updates:

• 🇮🇳 GalaxEye has raised $10M Series A funding.

• 🇩🇪 Klim has raised $22M series A to scale regenerative agriculture globally.

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💡📚 Useful Resources:

Not much to share this time. Resharing two tutorials I put together for geospatial data analysis with python:

• XEE: Geospatial analysis made easier - a tutorial & code

• Python for Climate Data Analysis: A Tutorial + Code

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Data Science / Engineering Positions:

The application situation at NVIDIA be like:

1. 🇮🇳 Centre for Wildlife Studies: GIS/RS Research Fellow

2. Internships:

   1. 🇧🇪 Weforest: assessing forest gain and loss through remote sensing

   2. 🇨🇭 Beyond Gravity (Zurich): Satellite Digital Twin

3. NVIDIA: Research Scientist, AI for Climate & Weather Simulation - New College Grad 2025

4. Amazon (Seattle):

   1. Data Scientist II, AWS Energy Team

   2. Senior applied scientist, AI & Sustainability

5. Fujitsu (Santa Clara, CA): Senior Researcher

6. NextEra Energy Resources (Denver, CO): Geospatial Data Scientist

7. WindBorne Systems (Palo Alto, CA): Meteorological Analysis - Obs & NWP

8. Umbra: Senior/Staff Data Engineer

9. Understory (San Francisco): Postdoc - ML for Ecological Analysis

10. Bayer (San Francisco): Lead Data Scientist

11. PG&E (Oakland, CA): Manager, Data Solutions (remote sensing data processing)

12. Arcadis (San Francisco): Principal Climate Risk Specialist

13. Farmers Insurance: Catastrophe Management Specialist (Product Analyst)

14. Liberty Mutual (Boston): Senior Analyst

15. CNA Insurance: Senior Catastrophe Modeler

16. Woolpert: Senior Geospatial Lidar Specialist

17. Ford Foundation (New York): Program Associate, Natural Resources and Climate Change

18. WattTime: Data Scientist

19. UNDP (New York): Data Scientist (GIS)

20. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, DC): Cartographic Technician (Geospatial)

21. Maximus: Geospatial Developer

22. 🇬🇧 Moody's (London): Climate Hazard Modeler - Tropical Cyclone

23. 🇬🇧 Verisk (London): Research Associate

24. 🇬🇧 Treeconomy (London): Data Engineer

25. 🇩🇪 constellr (Munich): Full Stack Engineer

26. 🇩🇪 Klim (Berlin):

    1. Data Scientist

    2. Data Engineer

    3. Agricultural Research Working Student

27. 🇱🇺 Hydrosat:

    1. Full Stack Software Engineer

    2. ML Scientist

    3. Software Engineer

    4. Software Engineering Manager

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Postdoc / Research Positions:

1. National Physical Laboratory: Principal Scientist - Climate & Earth Observation

2. Argonne National Laboratory: Postdoc, Physics-Informed ML for Hydrology

3. USGS: Physical Scientist, National Geospatial Program

4. NOAA: Multiple research positions

5. SAIC (Springfield, VA): Senior GIS Developer

6. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Tenure Track Scientist - Geology & Geophysics

7. Berkeley Lab: Postdoc - Systems Analysis of Energy Technologies

8. UC Berkeley: Postdoc - Critical Minerals, Social Science Matrix

9. University of Washington: Research Scientist - Water & Climate

10. Columbia University: Climate and Ocean Physics, Climate Modeling

11. CU Boulder: Postdoc, Climate Applications to Vector-Borne Disease

12. Virginia Tech: Postdoc - groundwater sustainability

13. Washington State U: Postdoc - climate change impacts on US agriculture

14. U Nebraska Medical Center: Postdoc - climate and health

15. Louisiana State U: Postdoc - financial risk modeling of ecosystem co-benefits

16. Mississippi State U: Postdoc - High Resolution Crop Remote Sensing

17. 🇬🇧 U Cambridge: 3 research roles + a Software Engineer Lead

18. 🇬🇧 U Bristol: Senior Research Associate in Future Population Modelling

19. 🇩🇪 ECMWF (Bonn):

    1. Scientific Officer - Satellite Observations for Climate Change Monitoring

    2. AI model developer & AI scientist focusing on performance optimization

20. 🇩🇪 RWTH Aachen University: Research Associate - Flood Risk Prediction

21. 🇩🇪 Deutscher Wetterdienst: Scientist, remote sensing of wind

22. 🇨🇭 ETH: Researcher – Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Purposes

23. 🇮🇹 CIMA Research Foundation:

    1. Researcher - Forest Fires and Forest Biodiversity

    2. Hydrologist Technician, operational flood forecasting

24. 🇫🇮 Geological Survey of Finland: Postdoc - hydrogeology

25. 🇦🇺 Western Sydney U: Postdoc - Heat and Fire Impacts in Urban Green Spaces

26. 🇦🇺 Geoscience Australia: GNSS Analyst