Senior Remote Sensing Geologist

United Kingdom

Full Time

Experienced

ABOUT EARTHDAILY

EarthDaily is revolutionizing the way we understand and monitor our planet. Through cutting-edge Earth Observation (EO) technology and geospatial analytics, we provide unparalleled insights for industries ranging from agriculture to mining, insurance, and government intelligence. Our mission is to build the world’s most advanced change detection system to capture, analyze, and interpret global shifts in near real-time.

OUR CREW

Our global, distributed team represents a variety of business lines and is made up of business development, sales, marketing and support professionals, data scientists, software engineers, subject matter experts, project managers and finance, HR, and IT professionals. EarthDaily’s Mining and Energy team is growing, we are bringing our world class geological remote sensing solution Marigold to more mining customers across the globe. We are currently looking for a mid-career Senior Remote Sensing Geologist to join our crew!

THE ROLE

As a subject matter expert (SME) in spectral geology and/or remote sensing geology on the Mining & Energy team your responsibility will focus primarily on supporting M & E clients who are interested in receiving guidance and support in the use of our remote sensing expertise to help with their mineral exploration projects, or who may be future users of Marigold, our Flagship software for global geological mineral mapping. This Spectral Geologist role will be reporting to the VP of Mining and Energy, and receive mentorship from our RS Technical Lead, our Principal Remote Sensing Geologist. The primary focus of the role will be technical support in the application of remote sensing principles of alteration and lithological mapping using our Marigold software for a wide variety of mineral deposit types. This role will provide remote sensing expertise and support during sales calls and post-sale with prospective clients, to support them in their mineral exploration targeting objectives through either a consulting engagement (SoW), or a Marigold subscription. This role will require collaboration with pre-sales and sales EDA personnel, as well as with other SMEs / technical members of the team. You will also support Marigold onboarding and training. With time and experience you will also assist the SME RS team in the scoping and executing of projects for our clients who opt to engage with us on RS consulting projects (SoW’s).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales Support and Sales Enablement (50%)

Work closely with the EDA sales team and our RS Technical Lead to develop functional remote sensing proposals that meet our Mining customers needs for greenfield exploration projects
Engage with EDA’s in-house SME’s and geological RS SME’s to develop and deliver novel scope of work documents incorporating both MS and HSI mapping capabilities to help close deals with new mining clients
Develop and propose geological remote sensing engagement and training solutions with mining clients helping to secure new or renewal Marigold subscriptions
Join sales calls to provide technical guidance to prospective mining clients and represent the domains of exploration, spectral geology, multispectral (MS) and hyperspectral (HSI) data mineral mapping, and in time, the role of RS mapping, machine learning and AI in mineral deposit prediction

Marigold Training, Consulting Projects & Development Support (50%)

Work closely with the RS Geol SME team to develop competencies in using Marigold processing such that you can help support training for both MS and HSI Marigold clients
Work with the RS Geol SME team to develop competencies in using Marigold to design, undertake and deliver (incl. interpretation) of MS and HSI consulting projects for our mining clients.
Using these developed competencies, work with the RS Geol SME’s to help support Marigold testing as requested by the M & E Product Development team.

YOUR PAST MISSIONS

Graduate degree (MSc. or Ph.D.) with a focus on Geological Remote Sensing, Geochemistry, Mineralogy or similar specialty
Undergraduate degree in a relevant field such as Geology or Geological Engineering
~5+ years of experience in mineral exploration required. Could be as a project geologist or consultant, using geological RS data in MinEx / mineral mapping of ore deposits using RS data such as ASTER, Sentinel-2, WorldView-3, airborne hyperspectral data (Aviris, HyMap or SpecTIR) or new HS spaceborne data sources such as EnMap, PRISMA or EMIT
Proficiency in remote sensing software (i.e. Marigold, ENVI, others) required
Field experience with spectral radiometers (i.e. ASD TerraSpec/FieldSpec, TerraSpec Halo, etc.) and ground truthing for mineral mapping preferred
Experience with GIS software preferred
Experience working with clients; consulting preferred
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to research, develop, and implement solutions to novel problems a plus
Experience with scientific computing with Python, preferably focused on remote sensing/geospatial data would be a bonus
Self-motivated and able to work independently as well as within a team

YOUR TOOLKIT

Fluent in spoken and written English
Excellent presentation and communication skills.
Must be a proactive communicator internally and externally
Exceptionally organized, with high attention to detail
Ability to communicate and coordinate with international customers, sales teams, and those inside and outside of the organization at all levels and across all functional areas
Comfortable with the pressure of a target-driven environment

WHY EARTHDAILY ANALYTICS?

Competitive compensation and flexible time off
Be part of a meaningful mission in one of North America's most innovative space companies developing sustainable solutions for our planet
Great work environment and team with head office locations in Vancouver, Canada and Minneapolis, MN

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