Geospatial Jobs #65: Dec 10, 2024

Welcome to the 65th 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 #62 is removed and it’s now freely accessible.

🎄 It’s wonderful to see so many jobs, internships, and postdoc positions opening up in mid December. And I’m glad to able to share the newsletter every week for over 2 months now :)

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🕵️💵 Recent Fundraisings / Updates:

• 🇮🇳 Pixxel has raised $24M Series B extension, bringing their total Series B funding to $60M.

• Satellogic has secured a $10M investment from a single institutional investor. They also won a contract with SynMax for Oil and Gas Production Monitoring.

• Vaisala has acquired Maxar’s WeatherDesk business.

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💡📚 Useful Resources:

• Data science competitions ($12,500 prize + AWS credit):

  • AI Disaster Damage and Displacement Challenge

  • Climate-sensitive Waterborne Diseases Outbreak Challenge

Resharing my conversation with Jet Metcalf, for those who intend to improve their job search and want to get ready for the many more opportunities that will likely open up early next year.

Geospatial Pod #1: Jett Metcalf

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Data Science / Engineering Positions:

1. Internships:

   1. Ai2: AI and Earth systems intern

   2. 🇬🇧 Google DeepMind (London): Student researcher, ML+power grids

   3. 🇫🇷 AXA Climate (Paris): Climate scientist Intern

   4. 🇨🇭 U Lausanne: Masters internships, Expertise Center for Climate Extremes

   5. 🇹🇷 UNICEF (Istanbul): Geospatial Risk Analysis + AI/ML interns

2. 🇮🇳 Azim Premji University: Research associate, geoinformatics and land change

3. Verisk:

   1. 🇮🇳 Principal CAT modeling Engineer (Hyderabad)

   2. 🇮🇳 Sr Model QA Analyst I - Catastrophe Modeling (Hyderabad)

   3. 🇮🇳 Lead QA Engineer - Automation (Hyderabad)

   4. Senior Scientist I (Boston)

   5. Senior Scientist- Wildfire Modeling (Boston)

4. Amazon: Geospatial Engineer, Prime Air

5. WSP (San Francisco): Lead Climate Scientist

6. Earthshot Labs:

   1. Senior Tropical Forest Ecologist

   2. Senior Geospatial Data Scientist

7. Weyerhaeuser (Seattle): Remote Sensing Scientist

8. Environmental Defense Fund (San Francisco): Environmental Defense Fund

9. FAO: Data Scientist

10. Esri (Redlands, CA): Imagery Product Engineer II – Drone Data Analysis

11. MSR Technology Group: Senior Geospatial Developer

12. NextGen Federal Systems: Scientist/Atmospheric Physicist

13. TerraCarbon: soil scientist

14. Texas Water Development Board (Austin): Flood Mapping Specialist (GIS)

15. 🇨🇦 Government of Alberta: Water Modelling Data Scientist

16. 🇬🇧 Watershed (London): Climate data advisor

17. 🇬🇧 Climate X is still hiring for multiple ML and Science positions in London

18. 🇩🇪 Klim (Berlin): Senior Data Scientist (SOC / carbon modelling)

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Postdoc / Research Positions:

1. UCAR (Boulder, CO): CGD Project Scientist I

2. USDA: Postdoc, crop-watershed model

3. Columbia U: Executive Director, Impact Lab Earth Institute

4. UC Berkeley: Postdoc - Quantitative Ecosystem Dynamics

5. Clark U: Postdoc - EO and data analytics for ecosystem and biosphere mapping

6. U Washington: Research Scientist/Engineer 4 - Tsunami Research Scientist

7. Duke U: Postdoc - Arctic lake variability

8. New Mexico Tech: Postdoc- improving snow simulations in Earth System Models

9. City Institute at York University: Postdoc - Climate Change, Equity & Housing

10. Project DrawDown: Research fellow, climate

11. U Minnesota: Postdoc - Hydrology & Climate

12. 🇬🇧 ECMWF (Reading): Research Scientist in Urban Weather and Climate

13. 🇬🇧 UCL: Senior Research Data Scientist

14. 🇮🇹 CMCC Foundation: Senior Postdoc, water and energy systems analysis

15. 🇩🇪 Alfred Wegener Institute:

    1. Postdoc - processes driving observed Southern Ocean change

    2. Scientific Programmer in Climate Modelling

16. 🇩🇪 GFZ Potsdam: Postdoc in Environmental Science - monitoring GHG fluxes

17. 🇫🇷 IPSL: AI/ML Research Engineer for Climate Downscaling