Remote Soil Scientist

Summary

Join Yard Stick as a Soil Scientist with Pedometrics expertise to help combat climate change with soil. You will ensure high-quality proximal sensing principles are integrated across all Yard Stick functions, supporting our mission to replace lab analysis of soil carbon with in situ spectroscopy.

Requirements

• Advanced degree or comparable expertise in soil science and pedology
• Pedometrics and Proximal Sensing Expert. You have 2+ years of experience with pedometrics and proximal sensing with a focus in spectroscopy
• Stats and programming experience. You are no stranger to statistical and modeling techniques (Linear Regression, Partial Least Squares, Random Forest, Neural Networks, etc.)
• Research & design foundation. You show demonstrated experience with experimental design
• Soils laboratory experience. Having spent at least 1+ year(s) in a soils laboratory; you have a strong framework for the fundamentals of soil laboratory methods
• Ability to leverage geospatial data. Proficiency with geospatial data, mapping, pathing, and public sources of such data (SSURGO, GSSURGO, etc.)
• Passion for climate impact

Responsibilities

• Leverage soil domain knowledge to support Yard Stick’s spectroscopic hardware and modeling needs
• Design and run end-to-end in situ soil spectroscopy experiments to contribute to our novel spectral soil probe R&D in collaboration with Data Science and Hardware
• Enable SOC measurement and prediction leveraging spectroscopy informed pedometric techniques
• Assist with determining the suitability of new spectral probe projects based on soil data
• Assist with the development and refinement of methods and best practices for the measurement of SOC, IC, bulk density, etc., via conventional laboratory analyses
• Liaise with the customer success team to answer soils questions. Help build relationships with laboratories, industry, and academic partnerships

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity (benchmarked to 75th percentile of high-growth US tech compensation)
• Health/dental/vision insurance
• 401k
• Home-office reimbursements