What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Sensing Scientist position at Weyerhaeuser?
Weyerhaeuser is searching for a Remote Sensing Specialist to join our team in Seattle, WA! As a Remote Sensing Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in the management, analysis, and development of remote sensing analytics and decision support tools for the Weyerhaeuser Timberlands business. To be successful in this role, you will need to be a subject matter expert in remote sensing, advanced image processing and analysis, and programming.
Key Functions
- Conduct remote sensing data collection from multiple sources, defining best practices for quality control and providing high quality data
- Conduct AI / ML data analytics for Timberland business using multisource remotely sense data
- Lead Next Generation Water Mapping project, utilizing proprietary LiDAR data and algorithms
- Conduct change detection analytics and time series analysis using satellite imagery
- Conduct LiDAR data analytics, including segmentation, metrics extraction, and time series analysis
- Develop AI / ML for object detection from multisource imagery
- Develop new algorithms and tools for extracting value from LiDAR data
- Develop technical transfer and training about remote sensing applications
- Execute remote sensing analysis workflow (data acquisition, re-projection, geometric correction, radiometric correction, classification, and map production)
- Develop analysis using different satellite imagery and integration with LiDAR
- Design and generate algorithms and decision support tools, following modern rules for computer systems design and documentation
- Provide support with analytics and tools for business decisions in Forest Planning, Operations, Monitoring, Damage Assessment, and Environmental issues
- Develop and maintain satellite imagery, including cloud removal, pre-processing, processing, and assistance for multiple applications across the company
- Be key member of a high-performance remote sensing team
Minimum Requirements
What We Offer
Compensation : This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $86,742 - $130,250 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.
Benefits : When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.
Retirement : Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.
Paid Time Off or Vacation : We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours.
About Weyerhaeuser
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We’re serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.
We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.
About Timberlands
We believe trees are a remarkable resource that can and should be managed responsibly to make a range of products that meet human needs, while also providing recreation, wildlife habitat, and other important ecosystem benefits.
For more than a century, we've been taking care of forests to make life better.
Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.
The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.
Salary : $86,742 - $130,250
