Visiting Scientist

The position involves developing and implementing geospatial foundation models using satellite imagery to analyze environmental changes and natural disasters, bridging academic research with operational AI solutions at Planet. Key Responsibilities Develop and train proprietary geospatial foundation models optimized for Planet imagery, focusing on time-series data integration. Evaluate existing foundation model architectures to identify performance issues and transferability. Build workflows for detecting short-lived environmental events such as floods and fires using high-cadence embeddings. Integrate multi-sensor data sources, including PlanetScope, Sentinel-1 SAR, and others, to maintain time-series continuity under cloud cover. Collaborate with research scientists to transition prototypes into scalable, operational AI/ML products. Requirements A recently completed PhD in Geospatial Analytics, Computer Science, Remote Sensing, or a related field. Demonstrated experience in building AI-based models for environmental change or satellite image analysis. Hands-on experience with foundation models, contrastive learning, and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow. Expert-level Python skills and proficiency with the geospatial scientific stack, including xarray, Dask, Rasterio, and GeoPandas. Experience building automated pipelines for preprocessing and labeling planetary-scale datasets. Experience working within a research lab environment and a strong desire to apply academic rigor to industry challenges. Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Home Office Reimbursement Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning Equity Commuter Benefits if local to an office Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity) #J-18808-Ljbffr NextGenEnergyJobs