Remote Sensing Specialist - Vineyard Yield Analytics

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Professional development support

Job summary

Placements24 in Stellenbosch seeks a Remote Sensing Specialist to leverage satellite and drone imagery for vineyard health and yield prediction. You will develop algorithms and geospatial analyses to support viticulture decisions in a fully remote SA role.

Ideal candidates hold MSc/PhD in a related field, 5+ years of remote sensing experience, and strong skills in ENVI, ArcGIS, Python. You will collaborate with a viticulture team and deliver practical recommendations from data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Remote Sensing, Geospatial Science, Environmental Science, Agronomy, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years of professional remote sensing experience, with a significant focus on agricultural applications.
• Proficient in processing and analysing satellite and drone imagery with ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, ArcGIS or QGIS.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python or R) for data automation and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Acquire and analyse multispectral and thermal satellite/drone imagery of vineyards.
• Develop vegetation indices, canopy health assessment and stress detection algorithms.
• Create maps and reports on vineyard variability, soil moisture and disease probabilities.
• Integrate remote sensing data with weather and soil datasets for comprehensive analysis.

Skills

Data analysis

Geospatial reasoning

Remote sensing expertise

Independent work

Education

MSc/PhD in Remote Sensing or Geospatial Science

Tools

ENVI

ERDAS Imagine

ArcGIS

QGIS

Python

R

Job description

Placements24 in Stellenbosch seeks a Remote Sensing Specialist to leverage satellite and drone imagery for vineyard health and yield prediction. You will develop algorithms and geospatial analyses to support viticulture decisions in a fully remote SA role.

Ideal candidates hold MSc/PhD in a related field, 5+ years of remote sensing experience, and strong skills in ENVI, ArcGIS, Python. You will collaborate with a viticulture team and deliver practical recommendations from data-driven insights.