On-Site Thesis: Data-Fusion Bathymetry & 3D Basin

Vattenfall; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Vattenfall in Sweden invites a MSc student to join a thesis project on bathymetric mapping using data fusion of satellite, drone, and ROV sonar. The work aims to produce high‑resolution bathymetric maps for a shallow water area affected by hydropower regulation, guided by experienced specialists.

You will align and merge multi-source data, build a 3D basin reconstruction, and validate results with field campaigns. Start date 2027-04-01, duration six months, on-site in Solna.

Qualifications

• MSc student in one of the listed fields with strong academic background.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Literature review of satellite bathymetry, drone photogrammetry/LiDAR, and ROV methods.
• Collect satellite, drone, and ROV data for the area of interest.
• Pre-process and co-register multi-source data to a common reference.
• Develop ML/deep learning data fusion model to merge bathymetric data.
• Perform 3D reconstruction of the basin and estimate water volume.
• Evaluate fused bathymetry against ground-truth measurements.

Skills

Python

NumPy

PyTorch

TensorFlow

GDAL

Rasterio

GIS software

Remote sensing

Image processing

Machine learning

Deep learning

Geospatial data formats

Satellite imagery

Drone data

English communication

Swedish (advantage)

Education

MSc in Geomatics/Remote Sensing/Computer Science/Applied Physics/Environmental or Civil Engineering

Tools

QGIS

ArcGIS

Job description

Vattenfall in Sweden invites a MSc student to join a thesis project on bathymetric mapping using data fusion of satellite, drone, and ROV sonar. The work aims to produce high‑resolution bathymetric maps for a shallow water area affected by hydropower regulation, guided by experienced specialists.

You will align and merge multi-source data, build a 3D basin reconstruction, and validate results with field campaigns. Start date 2027-04-01, duration six months, on-site in Solna.