Remote Sensing Lead job at Pula
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Vacancy title:
Remote Sensing Lead

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

Pula

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, June 23 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 09 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
What you will be doing:
• Identify crops in satellite images and prepare crop maps at state wide or country wide scale.
• Monitoring sowing progress and crop condition in any predefined area for whole season,
• Use Microwave satellite images with or without Optical satellite images and extract crop specific information,
• Run algorithms or create yourself for satellite image processing in GEE,
• Infer expected yields,
• Flood inundation area mapping in real time,
• Carry out overlay analysis using different raster and vector layers in open source GIS softwares,
• Contribute to the development of automated remote sensing workflows.
• Download, integrate and derive meaningful information from open source satellite data products from various National Space Agencies,
• Handle large volumes of data, effectively,
• Communicate this very technical information to an audience whose prior interaction with satellites is only through the Space Wars cartoon series.

What you will need to be successful
• Bachelor's Degree in Earth Observation – related fields
• Solid grasp of the ESRI ArcGIS/QGIS or equivalent GIS software suite
• Experience in programming (R, Python, Javascript) and using databases and maps
• Experience with PowerBI Suite, or similar data analysis and visualization tools
• Have an understanding of image processing techniques and derivation of wide range of vegetation indices
• Work on GEE on a daily basis
• Have an understanding of why AI is considered a 5th industrial revolution and its applications in niche areas such as remote sensing and agriculture
• Quickly adapt to working environment and work with variety of stakeholders both internal and external
• Ferocious learner. Be comfortable in learning new information fast, deriving abstract mathematical concepts to be applied in a code environment
• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to engage with variety of audiences to brainstorm on program data goals
• Superb communication and coordination skills
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible to rapidly change focus quickly to respond to urgent needs.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks with limited mentorship while keeping in close collaboration with members of the team

Other Preferred Experiences & Skills
• Ability to work remotely and with minimal supervision
• Ability to learn in a fast-paced job set up
• Ability to deliver on responsibilities in a timely manner
• Experience/Interest working with international projects/team especially in Agriculture
• Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal, required

We especially want to hear from you if:
• You have worked in a remote sensing set up before, analyzing 100+ GB of datasets.
• You have written geospatial code to help automate workflows.
• Have a data science hat where you take in abstract ideas and quickly transform those into experiments and insights.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months:

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested and qualified? Go to Pula on boards.eu.greenhouse.io to apply

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, June 23 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 08-06-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 08-06-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 08-06-2066
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