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About the Role
We are seeking an expert in algae, harmful algal blooms, cyanobacteria, and water quality remote sensing to serve as our scientific and environmental specialist. This role ensures the rigor, defensibility, and utility of our detections, forecasts, and reports for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly accurate algal bloom detection and early-warning capabilities.
- Validate and strengthen scientific methodology for technical scrutiny.
- Quantify confidence and uncertainty in outputs for customer trust.
- Shape the HAB monitoring offering into a market-leading service.
- Lend scientific credibility to client conversations in the water sector.
Requirements
- Deep sector expertise in freshwater and/or marine algae and cyanobacteria, including biology, bloom drivers, and data interpretation.
- Hands-on experience with remote sensing and Earth observation of water quality.
- Qualifications in phycology, aquatic/freshwater ecology, limnology, marine biology, environmental science, oceanography, or remote sensing.
- Ability to explain complex science simply to non-scientist decision-makers.
Skills
- Remote sensing
- Earth observation
- Water quality analysis
- Algae and cyanobacteria expertise
- Harmful algal bloom (HAB) detection and forecasting
- Scientific methodology validation
- Data interpretation
- Communication of complex science
- Satellite imagery analysis
- Geospatial tools
- GIS
- Python for environmental data
- R for environmental data
- Image classification
- Time-series analysis
- Nutrient dynamics
- Temperature influences on blooms
- Hydrological influences on blooms
- Limnology
- Coastal ecology
- Marine ecology
- Water sector regulatory context
- Water sector monitoring context
Work Type
- Contractor
- Part-time
- Full-time
Education Level
- Phycology qualifications
- Aquatic/freshwater ecology qualifications
- Limnology qualifications
- Marine biology qualifications
- Environmental science qualifications
- Oceanography qualifications
- Remote sensing qualifications
About the Company
- Amelia Space Technologies is building a planetary intelligence platform.
- The platform turns Earth observation data into actionable answers for environmental management.
- One capability is detecting and forecasting harmful algal blooms (HABs) from satellite data for water companies, utilities, regulators, and environmental bodies.