Geospatial Jobs #150: Aug 11, 2026

Welcome to the 150th issue of Geospatial Jobs, a newsletter focusing on data science and geosciences (🌧climate-tech, 🌽ag-tech, 🌊risk modeling, ⚡️energy, 🛰remote sensing, ♻️sustainability, and more).

The paywall on issue #146 is removed and it’s now freely accessible. Shout out to Manjaree Binjolkar and Apoorva Shastry who voluntarily helped with formatting this issue.

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• Buzz Solutions raised $20M Series A to power the next generation of grid intelligence.

• Capella Space (now part of IonQ) was awarded a contract by NRO under its Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) program to provide high-res SAR imagery.

• 🇮🇳 Pixxel, the India-founded hyperspectral imaging company now expanding to orbital data centers, has raised $25M.

• Umbra was awarded a contract by the NRO to provide commercial SAR imagery, building on the 100,000+ SAR images it has delivered to date.

• WindBorne Systems raised $37M Series B to expand its weather-balloon network and improve its WeatherMesh forecasting model.

• Climate Investment closes a $450M Decarbonization Acceleration Fund to back solutions that can move from proven technology to large-scale industrial deployment.

• Fund your next geospatial project with up to €50,000 through the FIERCE Program’s 2nd Call: partner with Skeye to build and validate satellite-powered solutions for infrastructure, agriculture, or environmental monitoring.

• Applications are open for three ECMWF in-person training courses in Reading in January 2027, covering data assimilation, satellite observations, and ECMWF forecast products. Applications close September 27, 2026.

• Applications are open for the IGIF Scholarship for full-time undergraduate and graduate students in spatial analysis and modeling (deadline October 15, 2026).

• Kaggriculture, hosted by Google and Kaggle, is live! Build an AI agent to run a virtual farm and compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool; entries close September 23, 2026.

• The 2026 GeoAI Arctic Challenge is now open! Develop innovative AI and remote-sensing methods to map Arctic permafrost features, with cash prizes for top teams.

1. Michigan State U: Computational hydrology & water resources modeling

2. 🇨🇦 U Calgary: GeoAI, foundation models & spatial intelligence

3. 🇩🇪 GFZ Helmholtz Centre: Spectral remote sensing for critical raw material exploration

4. 🇳🇱 Wageningen U:

   1. Water-mediated cooling of European cities & citizens

   2. Water-energy-food nexus modeling for circular controlled environment agriculture

5. 🇸🇪 KTH: AI for space-air-ground integrated networks

6. 🇨🇭EPFL: Antarctic aerosol & cloud measurements

7. 🇪🇸 Darwin Geospatial/ URJC: Remote sensing & ML for soil degradation

8. 🇦🇺 U Melbourne: Community ecology of coastal & intertidal biodiversity

9. 🇭🇰 HKPU: Geospatial AI & remote sensing for urban climate resilience

1. Internships:

   1. 🇮🇹 ESA (Frascati): Visiting Researcher (4 opportunities)

   2. 🇨🇭 Terra Modeling Services: AI/ML Data Scientist – Remote Sensing & Crop Analytics

2. Planet (San Francisco): Senior Engineering Manager - AI Geospatial Assistant Team

3. CNA Insurance: