Lynker
Senior Wetland Scientist
Boulder, CO, US · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$90k-$120kDetected 23 hours ago
PythonMachine LearningSensorsCommunication
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About the role
- Overview Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in weather and climate science.
- Data integration: integrate LiDAR-derived elevation, hydrology, imagery, soils, and existing wetland inventories into reproducible modeling pipelines.
- Qualifications The Senior Wetland Scientist selected should have the following: Master's or PhD in wetland science, ecology, geography, environmental or earth science, hydrology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- With a commitment to excellence and a passion for innovation, Lynker leverages cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise to support the creation and delivery of improved operational weather forecasts.
- Mapping at scale: produce, improve, and maintain versioned wetland maps across large regional to national extents.
- build and run mapping and modeling workflows using cloud-native geospatial tools, formats, and storage.
- implement, adapt, and improve existing and new models for wetland potential and for wetland boundary and extent.
- design validation against reference data, quantify uncertainty, and quality-control wetland maps for accuracy and consistency.
- document methods and results, contribute to reports and proposals, and partner with the Platform, Modeling, and Applications teams that scale and serve your products.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native geospatial tooling, formats, and workflows.
- Proficiency in Python and/or R for geospatial analysis, with sound coding and reproducibility practices.
- Experience with wetland potential or probability modeling and with wetland delineation, boundary, and extent methods.
- Experience with distributed or parallel processing for large-area geospatial work (e.g., cloud batch, Dask, or Google Earth Engine).
Compensation
- Lynker's benefits include the following: Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays Highly competit
Benefits
- Experience applying machine learning to land-cover or wetland classification.
Company info
- As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Wetland Scientist to join our growing team.
- Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities - creatively and effectively.
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