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Enable timely, high-impact natural catastrophe intelligence through expert meteorological insight. To support the company’s growth, we continue to scale our Solutions Delivery team and are looking for a Meteorologist to join our team in Tokyo, Japan. ICEYE’s Solutions Delivery team is responsible for 24/7 operations that enable near-real-time assessment of the impact of global natural catastrophes and geophysical change using remote sensing technology. These solutions empower end users to quantitatively make timely actions for event characterization, assessment, and response during stressful and uncertain times.
Job Responsibility:
Support our team in daily operations of monitoring global natural catastrophes
Operate a daily weather monitoring and forecasting capability focused on natural catastrophes using a variety of online and ICEYE resources
Provide daily input on real-time storm tracking for the Solutions Operations team members responsible for satellite tasking and acquisition
Build detailed and comprehensive SAR data acquisition plans and task ICEYE constellation in order capture natural catastrophes
Provide recommendations as well as weather updates for Solutions GIS Analysts performing analysis of various natural catastrophes
Define requirements and collaborate with our Analytics engineering team to design and automate meteorology-focused analytics
Create rigorous processes for ensuring global readiness for natural catastrophe analytics to be performed 24/7.
Lead daily weather huddles and standups to ensure tight operational procedures around natural catastrophe events
Identify and communicate important natural catastrophes to Marketing and Social Media teams to help further ICEYE brand recognition as SAR leader in natural catastrophe monitoring
Utilize your communications skills to convey that information in a clear and concise manner to your coworkers and to external clients.
Have fun. This is a part of ICEYE’s values - we aim to do our best work, but a career with ICEYE is also enjoyable.
Requirements:
Education in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, or a closely related field
Experience with operational forecasting for decision-making (min. 2 years)
Excellent time management, communication skills, proactiveness and problem solving
Ability to work a non-standard schedule (extra hours, weekends, and holidays as needed)
Being comfortable with finding your own way and live well in the continuous stream of change that is inevitable in a start-up that is beginning to scale
Dealing well with pressure and strict deadlines
Business-level proficiency in Japanese
Nice to have:
Direct monitoring and forecasting experience for natural catastrophes
Deep understanding of tropical meteorology and/or hydrology
Experience in earth observation
Global forecasting experience
Experience working in or with the insurance industry
Experience working in or with emergency management