[Hiring] Technical Collection Lead @Carbon Mapper

Role Description

Carbon Mapper is seeking a Technical Collection Lead to serve as the primary technical expert and coordinator of the organization's satellite tasking operations. This role leads a cross-departmental working group of methane scientists, impact analysts, and engineers to develop target decks and tasking requirements that support Carbon Mapper's mission. The Technical Collection Lead works with technical staff at Carbon Mapper and our partners at Planet to implement existing and new tasking modes for the Tanager and follow-on hyperspectral systems.

The Technical Collection Lead also serves as an alternate airborne campaign lead, providing flight planning, sensor operation, and field processing as needed for Carbon Mapper's developmental airborne system. This includes deploying with the system to locations across the continental United States during assigned collection campaigns, serving as backup and relief support to the primary campaign manager.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in satellite collection planning, satellite mission operations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience with satellite tasking operations, tasking optimization, and target deck management, including supporting the tasking needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with GIS software (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS, or geopandas) and a solid understanding of spatial data formats, coordinate reference systems, and raster processing.
• Strong understanding of collection feasibility and the factors that affect successful collection.
• Proficiency with scripting in a GIS context (e.g., Python, R).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across science, engineering, and operations teams, manage competing priorities, and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 25%, including continuous campaigns of up to 30 days.
• Ability to serve as a sensor operator aboard small commercial aircraft during aerial surveys.

Requirements

• Lead routine tasking work groups to align collection requirements across Carbon Mapper departments and customer sectors.
• Develop strategies to maximize collection across all sectors while applying established priorities.
• Communicate limitations and conflicts clearly to Mission Management leadership.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts across the organization and coordinate with Planet engineers to resolve issues.
• Work closely with the Carbon Mapper engineering team to implement scripts and automation and identify streamlined workflows and tools that improve tasking performance.
• Analyze tasking feasibility and capacity to predict performance relative to Carbon Mapper's target decks.
• Develop analytics and metrics to characterize tasking performance and identify opportunities to improve future performance.

Benefits

• Affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision).
• A generous time-off policy.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Access to a wide range of benefits.