Earth Observation Companies & Jobs
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Portals & Jobs
Geospatial
- Geospatial jobs newsletter: ~biweekly newsletter with geospatial jobs by Ali Ahmadalipour. Often contains EO jobs in non-EO companies that are not covered by this list.
- Pangeo Jobs: job board from the Pangeo community.
Space
- Payload Space Jobs: space jobs portal from Payload, who also write an excellent space newsletter about the business and policy of space.
- Careers in Space: space jobs portal.
- Space Talent jobs: jobs in space and space-enabled companies.
- SpaceCareers Twitter bot
- SpaceCareers.uk: Early careers portal for space jobs in the UK, maintained by UKSEDS
Climate
AI
- ai-jobs has many EO companies, too
Overviews of EO & geospatial companies
- chrieke/awesome-geospatial-companies: the go-to list of 500+ geospatial companies, maintained by Christoph Rieke.
- Demystifying Earth Observation: The Multi-Billion Market* in Space Tech: an excellent article for making sense of the EO market, written by Aravind. The graphic above is taken from the article.
- From GHG to ESG: Demystifying Earth Observation for Climate, also written by Aravind.
- ML for EO Market Map: clickable overview of companies related to ML and EO, by Radiant Earth Foundation.
- NewSpace Index: in particular the constellation tab is useful for making sense of the EO market.
- Space Case's Twitter thread on EO SPACs
Before you apply
- Listen to the MapScaping podcast, which has many relevant episodes.
- Learn more about getting hired and getting where you want to go in your geospatial carreer.
- Be visible and build your personal brand.
- Perhaps you want to be self-employed, start a geospatial side-hustle, a consultancy, business or a startup.
- Book: ML Interviews: a must-read for data-related positions. However, the first half is fairly general and might benefit anyone looking for a job.
- Read Eric Jensen's how-to Twitter thread and listen to the Mapscaping episode on getting a geospatial job.
Notes
- This list is focused on commercial companies.
- Remote positions: Based on whether I saw remote positions advertised. Absence of "Yes" does not necessarily mean remote work is not possible.
Contributing
Contributions are very welcomed. Feel free to
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Acronyms
- ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance
- FOSS: Free and Open Source Software
- GEE: Google Earth Engine
- RF: Radio Frequency
- SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar
- InSAR: Interferometric SAR
Name | Description | Jobs | Locations | Remote | Social | Business |
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4pi Lab | Early wildfire detection | |||||
Aerospacelab | EO Analytics, satellite platforms | [1] | ๐จ๐ญ Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Agrograph | Providing credit/risk score for aggriculture | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Madison, WI | US-based | ||
AiDash | Satellite-powered ultility management | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Multiple, USA |
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Airbus Space | All-purpose, defense intelligence | [1] | ||||
Aistech | Thermal imagery, AIS, agriculture, environment, security, aviation | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Alba Orbital | Satellite developer and operator | [1][2] | ||||
Albedo | High-resolution optical constellation (10cm constellation planned), thermal | [1] | US based | |||
Arbol | Insurance, blockchain | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ New York, USA ๐ Remote |
Yes | ||
Arlula | Platform, marketplace | [1] | Yes | |||
Arturo | Insurance | [1] | ~US based | |||
Asterra | Using SAR to detect leaks | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Astraea | Analytics platform, consulting | [1] | ||||
Athenium analytics | Insurance | [1][2] | Yes (US-based?) | |||
AtlasAI | Analytics, focus on underserved markets & climate change | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Palo Alto, CA, USA | |||
Aurora Insight | Analytics & insights on spectrum and wireless technologies | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Washington, USA | US based | ||
AXA Climate | Insurance | [1] | ||||
Axelspace | Microsatellite developer and satellite imagery provider. | [1] | ๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo, Japan | Maybe | ||
Azavea | Data analytics, consultancy, OS applications (GeoTrellis, Raster Vision) | [1][2] | Yes: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST | |||
Betterview | Insurance | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ San Francisco, USA |
Yes (US-based?) | ||
BeZero | Analysis on ratings in voluntary carbon market | [1][2] | Yes (GMT +- 3h) | |||
blackshark.ai | 3d digital twin of earth | [1] | Yes | |||
BlackSky | Optical constellation, high temporal resolution | [1] | US based | |||
Blue River | AggTech, intelligent machinery | [1][2] | US based | |||
Blue Sky Analytics | Climate risk assesment and monitoring | [1][2] | ๐ฎ๐ณ Gurgaon, India | Yes | ||
Bluefield | Methane leak detection via microsatellites | |||||
Cape Analytics | Property risk insights for insurance industry | [1][2] | ๐ฉ๐ช Munich, Germany |
Yes | ||
Capella | SAR constellation, analytics | [1] | US based | |||
CarbonPlan | Non-profit, data science for carbon removal | [1][2] | ||||
CCG | Solutions for environmental and infrastructure challenges. | [1][2] | Many locations and countries | Yes | ||
Cervest | Climate intelligence platform | [1][2] | Yes | |||
CGI | IT business consulting, has space/EO teams | [1] | Many locations across the world | |||
Climate AI | Weather and Climate risk | [1][2] | Yes (Americas) | |||
Climate Engine | Climate, Google Earth Engine enterprise solution | [1] | Yes | |||
ClimateX | Climate change resiliency, weather risk | [1] | ๐ฌ๐ง London, UK | No (Partial) | ||
Climavision | Climate change resiliency, weather data and forecasting tools | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Louisville, USA | US based | ||
Cloud to Sreet | Real-time flood monitoring | [1] | ||||
CloudEO | Marketplace | [1] | ||||
ConstellR | Land Surface Temperature, aggriculture | [1] | Yes | |||
Descartes Labs | Agriculture, sustainability, monitoring, data & AI | [1] | Yes (~US?) | |||
Development Seed | FOSS data & analysis infrastructure | [1] | Yes | |||
Dymaxion Labs | AI for satellite, aerial imagery, climate data and IoT sensors | [1] | ||||
e-geos | Analysis platforms | |||||
EagleView | Aerial imagery and property insights | [1][2] | Yes (US-based) | |||
Earth Blox | No-code access to GEE, teaching | [1] | Yes | |||
EarthDaily | Analytics, aggriculture | [1][2] | ~Yes | |||
EarthPulse | AI satellite analytics | [1] | ||||
Ecometrica | Sustainability & ESG reporting | [1] | ||||
Edgybees | Georeferencing drone footage using satellite imagery | [1] | Hybrid | |||
Element 84 | Cloud-based geospatial data processing | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Alexandria, USA | US based | ||
EOX | Analytics and consulting | [1] | Yes | |||
Farmers Edge | Precision aggriculture | [1] | ||||
Fathom | Flood mapping | [1][2] | Yes (UK-elligible) | |||
Fireball | Early wildfire detection | |||||
First street | Research non-profit focused on climate risk | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ New York, USA | |||
FloodMapp | Flood forecasting | [1][2] | ๐ฆ๐บ Melbourne, Australia |
Australia-based | ||
Geocento | Analytics platform, marketplace | [1] | ๐ช๐ธ Madrid, Spain |
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GeoOptics | Radio occultation constellation | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Pasadena, USA |
Yes | ||
Geosat | Two Geosat satellites, multi-purpose | ๐ต๐น Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
Geospatial Insights | Analytics: Insurance, finance, utilities | ๐ฌ๐ง Birmingham, UK | ||||
GeoVille | Analytics | [1] | ||||
GHGSAT | Hyperspectral constellation, greenhouse gases, monitoring tools | [1] | Canada-based | |||
GlobalXplorer | Archeology | [1] | ||||
GEE, Maps, AI | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Mountain View, USA | Yes | |||
Gro intelligence | Agriculture, climate, economy | [1][2] | Hybrid | |||
Hawkeye 360 | RF constellation | [1] | ||||
Hydrosat | Thermal constellation, agriculture | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Washington D.C., USA |
US based | ||
HySpecIQ | Hyperspectral constellation, analytics platform, all-purpose | [1] | US based | |||
ICEYE | SAR constellation, analytics | [1] | Maybe | |||
ImageSat Intl. | SAR + Optical, analytics | [1] | ||||
Influunt | Water risk intelligence | |||||
iQPS | SAR constellation | [1] | ๐ฏ๐ต Fukuoka, Japan | |||
KatRisk | Risk quantification: flood, wind, and other | [1] | ๐ฉ๐ช Freiburg, Germany |
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Kawa Space | Geospatial intelligence platform | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Kayrros | Analytics, climate risk for energy & environment | [1] | ||||
Kermap | Platform, aggriculture, environment, urban planning | [1] | ||||
Kleos | Satelilites: RF constellation, analytics | [1] | ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourgh ๐ฌ๐ง Leicester, UK |
Yes (UK, Luxembroug, France, Belgium, Germany) | ||
KP Labs | On-board processing | [1] | Yes | |||
Kuva Space | Hyperspectral nanosatellite constellation, focus on climate | [1][2] | Yes (Finland +- 2 hours) | |||
LiveEO | Infrastructure monitoring | [1] | ||||
Maxar | High resolution optical constellation | [1] | Yes (US, UK, AU, BR) | |||
Mayday.ai | Data fusion for natural disasters management | [1] | ||||
McKenzie Intelligence Services | Analytics, consulting, insurance | [1] | Yes (UK-based?) | |||
MDA | Space missions, space exploration, RADARSAT EO satellites | [1] | ||||
Methane sat | Planned methane-tracking satellite | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Austin, TX, USA | US-based | ||
Microsoft | AI for earth, Planetary Computer, Bing, Azure | [1] | Yes | |||
NCX | Marketplace for carbon credits, connecting corporations and landowners | [1] | US based | |||
Near Space Labs | Balloon fleet providing high-resolution imagery at a low price | [1] | ๐ช๐ธ Barcelona, Spain |
~US based | ||
Nearmap | High resolution aerial maps | [1][2] | Yes | |||
OneSoil | Precision aggriculture | [1][2] | ๐ง๐พ Minsk, Belarus | Yes | ||
Orbital Insight | Analytics platform, multi-purpose | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Roseville, USA |
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Orbital Sidekick | Hyperspectral constellation, sustainability & energy | [1][2] | US based | |||
Orora Tech | Satellites for wildfire detection | [1] | ~Yes | |||
Overstory | Vegetation monitoring for wildfire prevention and utilities | [1] | Yes | |||
Pachama | Carbon capture analytics | [1] | Yes (PCT +-3) | |||
Palantir | Large data analysis and consultancy company. MetaConstellation product. | [1] | Many countries across the world | |||
Perennial | Verification platform for soil-based carbon removal | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Boulder, CO, USA |
Yes (US / Australia) | ||
Picterra | Platform for AI analysis | [1] | Yes | |||
Pixxel | Hyperspectral constellation, multipurpose | [1] | ||||
Plan A | Automating & managing ESG reporting | [1][2] | ๐ฉ๐ช Berlin, Germany | Yes | ||
Planet | Cubesat constellation, optical | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Planet Observer | Data reseller | |||||
Planetek | All-purpose analytics | [1] | ๐ฎ๐น Bari, Italy | |||
PlanetWatchers | SAR analysis, multipurpose | [1] | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Tel Aviv, Israel |
Yes | ||
PredaSAR | SAR constellation, analysis | [1][2] | ||||
Preligens | Analysis, defense | [1] | ||||
Promรฉthee | Planned constellation, all-purpose | [1] | ||||
RegrowAg | Sustainability | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ San Francisco, USA |
Yes (US, UA, AU) | ||
Rendered.ai | Creating synthetic data for training ML/AI systems | [1][2] | US resident | |||
RS Metrics | Analytics, multi-purpose, sustainability | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Chicago, USA |
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Satelligence | Platform to track sustainability objectives | [1][2] | ๐ณ๐ฑ Utrecht, Netherlands | |||
SatelliteVu | Thermal constellation, energy efficiency, carbon footprint | [1][2] | ๐ฌ๐ง London, UK | Hybrid (UK-based) | ||
Satellogic | Optical + hyperspectral constellation, analytics | [1] | ๐ฆ๐ท Ciudad, Argentina |
Yes | ||
satlantis | Emission monitoring | [1][2] | ||||
SatRevolution | EO hardware | ๐ต๐ฑ Wroclav, Poland | ||||
satsearch | Marketplace for space industry | [1][2] | ||||
SatSure | On-board processing | [1] | ||||
ScanWorld | Hyperspectral constellation, aggriculture, environmental. | [1] | Yes | |||
Scepter | ESG emissions monitoring | |||||
Sentera | Drones for agriculture monitoring | [1][2] | US-based | |||
SI Imaging Services (SIIS) | optical + SAR constellation | [1] | ||||
Sinergise | Sentinel hub, data infrastructure | [1] | ๐ธ๐ฎ Ljubljana, Slovenia | Yes | ||
SingleEarth | Cryptocurrency backed by carbon, carbon monitoring | [1] | Yes | |||
SkyFi | Making imagery available, on-demand satellite imagery | [1] | ~Yes | |||
SkyGeo | InSAR, subsidience monitoring | [1] | Yes | |||
SkyWatch | Making imagery available, B2B | [1] | ๐จ๐ฆ Waterloo, Canada |
Canada-based | ||
Space Will | SuperView constellation, imagery provider | ๐จ๐ณ Beijing, China | ||||
SpaceKnow | Analytics, multi-purpose | [1][2] | ||||
Spacesense | Analytics platform | [1] | ||||
Spacety | Satellite operator, Satellite-as-a-service, DaaS | ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg |
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SparkGeo | Web mapping solutions | [1] | Yes | |||
Spiral Blue | On-board processing | [1] | ||||
Spire | Constellation: radio occulation, AIS, multi-purpose | [1] | ๐๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐บ Multiple locations and countries | Yes (mainly US and UK) | ||
Sust | Climate analyitcs | [1] | Yes (US/UK) | |||
Sylvera | Carbon offset monitoring | [1] | Yes (GMT +-4) | |||
Synspective | SAR constellation & analytics | [1][2] | ||||
Synthetaic | Detection from unlabeled data, simplifying data labelling process | [1] | ||||
Terrabotics | Analysis, multi-purpose | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Terramera | Sustainable agriculture | [1] | Yes (Canada) | |||
Terran Orbital | Satellite manufacturing, mission services, data products. Focused on defense | [1][2] | ||||
Tomorrow.io | Weather and climate security platform | [1][2] | Yes | |||
Umbra | SAR & RF constellation | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Santa Barbara, USA |
US based | ||
unseenlabs | RF, sigint, maritime | [1] | ||||
UP42 | Marketplace & platform, Airbus subsidiary | [1] | ||||
Upstream Tech | Climate solutions: Hydropower generation prediction and landscape monitoring | [1] | ๐๐บ๐ธ Remote | US based | ||
Ursa Space | SAR platform & marketplace | [1] | ๐บ๐ธ Ithaca, USA | US based | ||
Wegaw | Clean energy production optimization through satellite imagery | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | ||||
wildsense | Carbon monitoring | [1] | ๐ซ๐ท Paris, France | |||
Wyvern | hyperspectral, multi-purpose | [1] | ||||
Xalient | Edge computing, does EO projects sometimes | [1][2] | ๐บ๐ธ Sunnyvale, CA, USA ๐ฆ๐บ Sydney, Australia |
Yes (US or Australia based) |