Remote Sensing Scientist

Job title: Remote Sensing Scientist

Job description: Farmers Edge is a global leader in digital agriculture delivering cutting-edge solutions powered by a unique combination of field-centric data, artificial intelligence and complete integration. Founded in Manitoba in 2005, we support our operations across four continents from our corporate headquarters in Winnipeg.

Since inception, Farmers Edge has been addressing the global challenge of feeding the world’s growing population while reducing environmental impact. We are a diverse group of thinkers and doers, motivated by challenges, curiosity and bold ideas. The culture is the foundation of our company, connecting innovation and disruption with the passion that drives us. From the software and digital tools that we create to the conversations we share; the collective force of our team is influencing revolutionary changes in agriculture to bring new levels of sustainability and opportunity to farmers and agricultural professionals.

Rapidly expanding worldwide, our focus is on creating a diverse environment of talented individuals. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a talented Remote Sensing Scientist to join our team of Data Science professionals.

What you’ll be doing:

Reporting to the Remote Sensing Manager, the Remote Sensing Scientist will be responsible for the development of products and tools that provide agricultural insight to our teams and clients that are derived from our imagery and remote sensing catalogues.

Using a variety of remotely sensed image data, your task will be to support and advance the delivery of our satellite and air-borne products within our precision agriculture platform. A typical day will be spent processing and analyzing image datasets, that feed into models and algorithms for crop analysis. You will develop software tools for data processing and statistical analysis, and participate in field research activities to support model development and validation.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Graduate degree (MSc. or PhD) related to earth observation using remote sensing. BSc. candidates with extensive related experience will be considered
• Strong abilities to program and automate image processing and analysis workflows in Python. Experience in other programming languages (i.e. R) an asset
• Strong knowledge of optical remote sensing concepts and processes, including radiation physics, sensor characteristics, vegetation spectral responses, data pre-processing, feature extraction, change detection, image classification, spectral un-mixing, dimensionality reduction, and analysis ready data
• Experience with state-of-the-art information extraction techniques including machine learning and deep learning algorithms
• Experience working with multispectral and hyperspectral datasets
• High level of experience and competence using desktop GIS and remote sensing software (i.e. ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, etc.)

Farmers Edge offers a very competitive compensation package. Salary is dependent on qualifications and skill.

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