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Shearwater Aerospace

AI-powered autonomous UAV mission planning

Geospatial Data Engineer

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience building GIS software components and data processing systems.
  • Proficiency with core GIS tools and libraries, including QGIS and GDAL/OGR.
  • Strong understanding of coordinate systems, projections, and spatial data structures.
  • Experience with geospatial algorithms, including visibility and spatial analysis.
  • Strong Python development skills and experience with the scientific computing stack, including NumPy, Pandas, and SciPy.
  • Experience with the geospatial Python ecosystem, including GeoPandas, Rasterio, and Xarray.
  • Familiarity with SQL and geospatial databases such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
  • Comfort with cloud infrastructure, containerization tools such as Docker, and version control using Git.
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable geospatial data processing pipelines and software components.
  • Develop GIS analysis tools and algorithms for UAV route optimization.
  • Integrate and process multi-source geospatial datasets, including elevation, obstacles, airspace, and weather data.
  • Build automated workflows for continuous data ingestion and processing.
  • Create APIs and services for real-time geospatial analysis.

Desired Qualifications

  • A degree in GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of C/C++ for performance-critical geospatial processing.
  • Experience with meteorological data formats such as NetCDF and GRIB, and with weather models.
  • Background in meteorology, atmospheric science, or aviation.
  • Knowledge of AI/ML concepts applied to geospatial data.

About the Company

Shearwater Aerospace

AI-powered autonomous UAV mission planning

Shearwater Aerospace provides AI-powered autonomy, Smart Flight, to coordinate multiple drones and generate dynamic flight routes for professional and commercial UAVs. Smart Flight analyzes airspace rules, weather, obstacles, and wind, and continuously adapts routes while coordinating fleets to avoid collisions. Compared to competitors, it emphasizes scalable, adaptive, and compliant autonomous flight with wind-energy optimization to extend mission range and reduce costs. The goal is to enable many safe, legal, and economical drone missions at large scale.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Seed
Total funding
$3M
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
2019

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