[ES_JOBS_NET] Pachama (Forest Carbon Market): Remote Sensing Scientist

[Carlos Silva]

The Role:
Pachama is looking for an experienced remote sensing scientist to advance
research and development of our core remote sensing products. This
individual would work on an interdisciplinary team of scientists and
machine learning and software engineers. Pachama’s ongoing development of
satellite-derived products for carbon credit issuance encompasses a range
of sensors and research problems. However, our highest priority is mapping
annual forest carbon stocks and change with optical, radar, and lidar
observations. Future work may also include mapping time since disturbance,
classification of land cover/use, and detection of tree features (e.g.,
crown detection/segmentation) in high resolution optical imagery.

The primary areas of expertise we are seeking are preprocessing of optical
and radar observations (e.g., atmospheric, BRDF, and terrain correction)
and inter-sensor calibration to produce clean time series. We are seeking
individuals with significant experience in this area who can define and
execute a research agenda that improves the temporal fidelity of ingested
satellite observations Pachama uses for quantifying forest carbon change.

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Location:
This role is remote with a preference for being within 3 hours of Pacific
time.

Who We Are:
Pachama harnesses AI and satellite data to empower companies to confidently
invest in nature. Using the latest technological advances, Pachama delivers
continuous insight into how forests sequester carbon, protect wildlife and
benefit local communities. These insights enable leading companies to find
the world’s best projects and track their impact over time while also
helping land stewards earn an income with tools to develop carbon projects
and secure funds.

Pachama has evaluated hundreds of nature-based carbon projects around the
world and originated its own Pachama Originals projects across Brazil,
Mexico and the United States, driving funding to protect and restore
millions of hectares of land. The company has served climate leaders such
as Salesforce, Nespresso, Shopify and Boston Consulting Group and is backed
by investors including Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures,
Future Positive, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Y Combinator and Deutsche
Telekom.
What You Will Help Us With:

   - Improve pre-processing and compositing/gap-filling of Pachama’s
      existing satellite ingest (HLS Landsat & Sentinel 2, Sentinel 1,
      ALOS-Palsar).
      - LandSAT inter-calibration to integrate longer historical record in
      Pachama mapping
      - Evaluate new satellite observations for use in Pachama mapping
      - Time series analysis of input observations and output carbon maps
      (smoothing, break-point and trend detection)
      - Engage with Pachama software engineers to transition research to
      scalable code
      - Draft reports & manuscripts to communicate work to carbon market
      stakeholders and publish in opensource research archive or peer-reviewed
      publication.

Experience & Skills We're Looking For:

   - Significant research experience (5+ years): optical and radar
      preprocessing (e.g., atmospheric, BRDF, and terrain correction),
      inter-sensor calibration, and time series analysis
      - Experience processing optical (e.g., LandSAT, Sentinel 2, NAIP,
      Planet, etc.), radar (Sentinel 1, ALOS - PALSAR), and lidar
(IceSat 1 & 2,
      GEDI) observations
      - Peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations
      - Experience processing large volumes of satellite data over
      distributed cluster.
      - Interest/experience working in non-academic setting (collaborating
      with software engineers and communicating with commercial &
product-focused
      Pachama colleagues)
      - Interest/passion for applied work, forest conservation, and climate
      change solutions

$90,720 - $144,000 a year
The salary range for this position is $90,720 USD to $144,000 USD. Salary
ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary for each
posting reflects the compensation for new hire salaries for the position
across all geographic locations. Individual pay is determined by work
location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience,
and relevant education or training. The position is also eligible for
equity.
*Even if you don’t meet all these requirements, we encourage you to apply
if this job description excites you. We are looking for ambitious people to
help make an impact on climate change. That purpose requires us to bring
together a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, perspectives,
and skills to create solutions that work for all.*
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