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Role & Team:

  • Lead the scientific foundation of our Fuel Detection Model.
  • Work with ML engineers and product team to define accuracy and validation methods.
  • Opportunity to shape how utilities prevent catastrophic wildfires.

What You'll Do:

  • Research vegetation structure and wildfire risk from satellite and environmental data.
  • Design validation and evaluation methodologies, including ground-truth and uncertainty quantification.
  • Communicate findings to engineers, customers, and the wildfire science community.

Skills & Experience:

  • 8+ years of applied research in wildfire science, remote sensing, or related field.
  • Deep expertise in remote sensing and geospatial analysis with Python ML tools.
  • Track record of designing validation studies for environmental models.

About Our Team:

  • Fast-growing team of about 100 people from 11 countries.
  • Remote-first with annual in-person gathering.
  • Values diversity, trust, and mission-driven work.

Overstory

At Overstory, we use AI and satellite imagery to identify vegetation risks that threaten power lines, helping utilities prevent wildfires and outages. We are a fast-growing team of about 100 people across the Americas and Europe, united by a passion for climate action and solving complex problems.

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