Geospatial Intern

Role: Research Intern

Employment Type: Internship

Educational Qualification:Candidates pursuing BTech/MTech  
Internship Description

The company seeks an enthusiastic and collaborative intern with strong programming skills and curiosity in geospatial  imagery data analysis and basics of GIS.  This internship requires the candidate to work from our Bangalore office.  Candidates pursuing BTech/MTech courses can also apply only if they are  available full time for a minimum of 6 months.

Responsibilities & Duties: 

• Responsible for experimentation, testing and optimisation of statistical approach based satellite image fusion models.

• Gathering and assimilation of optical satellite imagery for agricultural use case

• Produce high quality maps using various mapping tools

• Conduct geospatial analysis (raster and vector) in support of agricultural monitoring

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Ability to code and develop prototypes in Python. Experience with Python libraries like numpy, gdal, rasterio, matplot, seaborn etc.. 

• Good analytical and mathematics skills.

• Analyzing spatial data and having a keen eye to discover patterns and trends in the datase.

• Experience with satellite images and basic experience in geospatial software like  QGIS. 

• Good communication, presentation skills and ability to work in teams

Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today. 

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.