Postdoc: AI-Driven UAV Imagery for Rangeland Ecology

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Burns (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance supplement

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

USDA ARS SCINet in Burns, Oregon invites applications for a postdoctoral research opportunity focusing on UAV imagery, AI/ML, and range management. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to apply deep learning to rangeland vegetation, leveraging HPC resources.

The appointment is full-time, with a stipend of $100,000–$110,000 yearly plus health-insurance cost supplements. Start date is January 2027, with potential renewal for a second year depending on performance.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field and actively pursuing or recently earned.
• Strong programming skills in Python or R.
• Experience with UAV imagery and remote sensing datasets.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to UAV imagery processing and AI/ML pipeline development.
• Collaborate within interdisciplinary team and publish workflows.

Skills

Python

R

Remote sensing

UAV imagery

ML/AI

Scientific communication

Education

Doctoral degree in a relevant field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

USDA ARS SCINet in Burns, Oregon invites applications for a postdoctoral research opportunity focusing on UAV imagery, AI/ML, and range management. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to apply deep learning to rangeland vegetation, leveraging HPC resources.

The appointment is full-time, with a stipend of $100,000–$110,000 yearly plus health-insurance cost supplements. Start date is January 2027, with potential renewal for a second year depending on performance.