Company
Kaupo Voormansik
CEO, SAR Expert
Tanel Tamm
GIS expert, board member
Karoli Kahn
Chief operating officer
Martin Jüssi
3D-SAR Mission Manager
Teet Liiv
Agriculture Domain Lead
Tanel Kobrusepp
Head of Business Development
Jürgen Lina
Head of Business Strategy
Tauri Tampuu
Research and Development Manager, SAR Expert
2020
Welcomed a business development manager and new data
scientists into our team. The company began to focus more
on developing scalable services for other remote sensing
companies and farmers. 10 employees.
2020
Moved to our new office to
Aparaaditehas, Tartu
2018
Nation-wide fully automated mowing detection
system operational in Estonia and started
incubation programme in ESA BIC Estonia
2016
Started development of the nation-wide system for automated
monitoring of agricultural practices (SATIKAS) for The Estonian
Agricultural Registers and Information Board (ARIB) together with Tartu
Observatory and CGI Estonia
2012
Tartu Observatory Remote Sensing
research group started to work
with radar satellite data
2020
KappaZeta started to sell preprocessed Sentinel-1 coherence and
backscatter time-series.
2020
KappaZeta received funding from European Space
Agency (ESA) for three projects:
- Harvesting Time Recommendation for maximum
crop Yield (HaTRY) - Grazing Detection from Copernicus Data for
Agricultural Subsidy Checks - AI-based Cloud Mask Processor for Sentinel-2
2019
As a consortium member in “National Programme for Addressing
Socio-Economic Challenges through R&D” started to develop a crop
classification methodology for Estonian conditions. 5 employees.
2017
Started ESA Estonian Industry Incentive Scheme (IIS) project
“Grassland mowing detection for agricultural subsidy checks
with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2″ with demo applications in Denmark, Sweden
and Poland.
2015
Independent company
registered, 4 founders
2020
KappaZeta started to sell preprocessed Sentinel-1 coherence and
backscatter time-series.
2020
Welcomed a business development manager and new data
scientists into our team. The company began to focus more
on developing scalable services for other remote sensing
companies and farmers. 10 employees.
2020
KappaZeta received funding from European Space
Agency (ESA) for three projects:
- Harvesting Time Recommendation for maximum
crop Yield (HaTRY) - Grazing Detection from Copernicus Data for
Agricultural Subsidy Checks - AI-based Cloud Mask Processor for Sentinel-2
2020
Moved to our new office to
Aparaaditehas, Tartu
2019
As a consortium member in “National Programme for Addressing
Socio-Economic Challenges through R&D” started to develop a crop
classification methodology for Estonian conditions. 5 employees.
2018
Nation-wide fully automated mowing detection
system operational in Estonia and started
incubation programme in ESA BIC Estonia
2017
Started ESA Estonian Industry Incentive Scheme (IIS) project
“Grassland mowing detection for agricultural subsidy checks
with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2″ with demo applications in Denmark, Sweden
and Poland.
2016
Started development of the nation-wide system for automated
monitoring of agricultural practices (SATIKAS) for The Estonian
Agricultural Registers and Information Board (ARIB) together with Tartu
Observatory and CGI Estonia
2015
Independent company
registered, 4 founders
2012
Tartu Observatory Remote Sensing
research group started to work
with radar satellite data
KappaZeta is at the forefront of innovative environmental and defence solutions. We are dedicated to leveraging space technology and AI to fight against climate change and raise situational awareness for national defence. Join our dynamic team and be part of our mission.
Forestry Domain Lead
Deadline 21/08/2024
As a forestry domain insider at KappaZeta your mission is to maximize the usefulness of Earth Observation data for the forestry and carbon market. To achieve that you:
- Lead the development of new Earth Observation products serving the forestry and carbon crediting markets
- Are confident in your expertise in the forestry domain and can provide insights to drive business development and sales
- Manage Earth Observation projects related to forestry and carbon sequestration
- Engage with customers and stakeholders to ensure their needs are met
- Work closely with our team and cultivate a collaborative work environment
- Identify and understand regulations affecting the forestry and carbon markets
- Participate in expert groups, conferences, and events to stay ahead in the industry
- Big picture thinker, but can zoom in on details
- Proactive in identifying problems that remote sensing could solve
- Naturally curious and eager to understand client needs, product creation and the rationale behind processes
- You enjoy communication and collaboration
- Exceptionally good time planner and manager
- Natural leadership skills and great at delegating jobs
- Higher education
- At least 3 years of work experience in the forestry and/or carbon trading sector
- Experience with digital tools and platforms related to forestry
- Knowledge of project management with Agile frameworks is a bonus
- Being part of an ambitious and growing space technology company
- Opportunity to innovate forestry and bring transparency to the carbon market
- Working closely with KappaZeta’s satellite missions team who are developing satellites dedicated to forestry and carbon sequestration estimation
- Working with international partners like the European Space Agency
- Options plan
- Sports compensation
- Team hikes in nature
- Work together with awesome space and Earth enthusiasts!
If you are interested in becoming our software lead, send the following to info@kappazeta.ee
- Motivational letter (1-2 pages) describing:
- Current bottlenecks in forestry or carbon markets and how you and the KappaZeta team could use remote sensing to solve them;
- Your motivation to join the team.
- Your CV