With the mission to enabling waste free farming, Vultus offers satellite based fertiliser prescriptions. This helps farmers save 40% of fertilizers, leading to an increase profits and reduction of pollution. Currently, we reach out to the equivalent of double Sweden’s growing area.

Team

Our team consists of eleven employees, about half the team working with software and GIS, half the team working with business and management. We are proud to foster a culture of openness and transparency, as well as compassion for our co-workers. The team is diverse, multidisciplinary and most of all, a warm group of compassionate members on a mission to eliminate waste in farming. The startup work environment is both relaxing with fun activities, inspiring tasks and bean bags, but also in many ways stressful, as we need to grow at a quick pace and perform at a high rate. We wish to continue fostering a strong culture of compassion and trust, therefore, we will prioritize applicants that fit us culturally.

The position

Vultus is developing a world class solution to eliminate waste in farming. We are utilizing modern serverless architecture on cloud computing environment. The scope of the internship is to research and investigate the use of SAR imagery (Sentinel satellite constellation) in agriculture and water quality monitoring applications. The intern will have the opportunity to get advice from our partners (Umea university, Metria) as a part of ESA BIC program. The work will allow you to learn and expand skills within the mentioned areas. As an early member of the team, you will gain large amounts of freedom, thus, it is important that you have a high quality of work and are comfortable with responsibilities.

The responsibilities include the following

-   Develop and prototype proof-of-concept solutions for using of Passive/SAR remote sensing imagery in the application agriculture and water quality monitoring.

-   To support the company researches in remote sensing applications.

-   To contribute to knowledge transfer across the team.

-   Give brief, weekly summaries regarding remote sensing new tools/concepts.

-   Work proactively with other team members.

Desired skills

-   Good understanding in SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)/Microwave/Radar imaging technologies.

-   Proven background in satellite image processing tools such as MATLAB/ENVI/ERDAS/GEOMATICA/ARCGIS/QGIS.

-   Programing skills.

-   Experience in raster analysis & spatial analysis

-   Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to details.

Traits we value highly

-   Complete honesty (not stretching the truth for your own gain!)

-   High emotional intelligence

-   Compassion

-   Ability to admit to failures

-   Team player (low level of selfishness)

Perks of working at Vultus

-   Meaningful mission

-   Exposure to the international market

-   International team

-   Mentorship from experienced personnel

-   Diverse work environment

-   Flexible working hours

-   Possible equity compensation

-   No hierarchical structures