Postdoc, Geospatial AI Research — In-House Models

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA with company contribution

Paid time off

16 weeks parental leave

Wellness program

Employee assistance program

Home office reimbursement

Phone and internet reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

Equity

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Visiting Scientist (Postdoctoral Researcher) to join our AI Research team for a one-year residency. You will work directly with Dr. Mirela Tulbure to develop GFMs trained on our imagery and drive in-house model production for geospatial analysis.

You will build temporally dense embeddings, enable processing across PlanetScope, Landsat, and Sentinel data, and collaborate with data pipelines and analytics to apply academic rigor to real-world challenges.

Qualifications

• PhD in Geospatial Analytics, Computer Science, Remote Sensing, or a related field.
• Experience building AI models for environmental change or satellite image analysis.
• Hands-on with foundation models and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow).
• Expert Python and geospatial stack: xarray, Dask, Rasterio, GeoPandas.
• Experience building automated pipelines for planetary-scale data.
• Collaborative research experience applying academic rigor to industry challenges.
• Research in flood-extent mapping, water dynamics, or disaster response.
• Experience fine-tuning GFMs like TerraMind, Prithvi, or Clay.
• Proficiency with PlanetScope, Landsat, and Sentinel-1/2 data.
• Ops-minded with human-in-the-loop labeling for time-sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Join AIR team for a one-year residency to develop proprietary geospatial foundation models.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to bridge academic work and production AI/ML solutions.

Skills

Python

foundation models

PyTorch/TensorFlow

geospatial stack

data pipelines

multi-sensor data

academic research

collaboration

Education

PhD in Geospatial Analytics

Tools

xarray

Dask

Rasterio

GeoPandas

Job description

Planet is seeking a Visiting Scientist (Postdoctoral Researcher) to join our AI Research team for a one-year residency. You will work directly with Dr. Mirela Tulbure to develop GFMs trained on our imagery and drive in-house model production for geospatial analysis.

You will build temporally dense embeddings, enable processing across PlanetScope, Landsat, and Sentinel data, and collaborate with data pipelines and analytics to apply academic rigor to real-world challenges.