Senior Spatial Data Scientist for Climate Action (m/f/d, up to 100%)

Your tasks are related to generating spatial climate change readiness indicators or greenhouse gas emission estimates in a very high spatial resolution.
Depending on your experience this includes - together with the teams at HeiGIT and the GIScience research group at Heidelberg University

• Conceptualization and implementation of bespoke high-resolution spatial indicators and GHG emission models.
• Use of advanced machine learning methods to enrich and complement the datasets.
• Analysis and enhancement of crowdsourced geodata like OpenStreetMap (OSM) in combination with other spatial data like remote sensing, government data, social media and citizen science data.
• Data fusion of the above-mentioned data sources.
• Data engineering and management.
• Validation and estimation of data quality and uncertainty.
• Support communication and visualization of the results by co-developing an open-source platform providing web and mobile applications.

Close collaboration and communication with team members & stakeholders is your favourite way of working. Your in-depth knowledge of your favourite programming language and tools will be valued, but you'll also be expected to help with whatever the team needs to work towards its goal.

• PhD and an above-average university degree in one of the subjects such as Geoinformatics, Geography, Environmental Studies, Environmental Physics, Computer Science or similar.
• Knowledge on volunteered geographic information (VGI), especially OpenStreetMap (OSM).
• Excellent & demonstrated broad methodological skills & research experience in topics such as Spatial Data Science & Machine Learning.
• Solid Computer Science and programming skills (esp. Python). Experience in collaborative development (e.g. git) or working with spatial database systems (e.g. PostGIS) is beneficial.
• Experience in environmental modelling and / or domain-specific knowledge related to Climate Change or Climate Action and Sustainability.
• Hands on experience in evaluating and developing new approaches from literature and actively implementing new concepts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• German language skills are preferred, but English only is possible.

We offer an attractive position in an interdisciplinary team in a highly dynamic and growing area with real-world impact on society and the environment. HeiGIT gGmbH is cooperating closely with the GIScience Research Group at Heidelberg University, which is a member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and a founding member of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) at Heidelberg University. We offer a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment with many personal development opportunities. HeiGIT employees can, in agreement with the rest of the team, work remotely for up to half of their time.