Intern - Geospatial & Remote Sensing

Minnesota Historical Society • Saint Paul, MN

6h • $17 • Onsite

About The Position

The intern will participate in fieldwork, including overnight travel, as well as computer work in the office. Project examples include: UAS, GNSS, and/or GPR data collection at MNHS site(s). Intern will synthesize site history, archaeological investigations, geospatial, and remote sensing data in a report/presentation. The intern’s specific project will depend on their skills/interests.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or have graduated within the past 12 months at the time of application.
• Completed a field school or field program in anthropology/archaeology, geology or associated discipline
• Coursework in archaeology
• Coursework in geographic information science (GIS)
• Desire to work in the field as well as in the office
• Ability to work well independently and in a team setting
• Detail-oriented
• Experience with Microsoft Suite, and Google Suite.
• PDF copy of unofficial transcripts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ESRI’s ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.

Responsibilities

• Participation in fieldwork for geospatial and remote sensing projects (e.g. ground penetrating radar, uncrewed aircraft systems aka drones, and high precision global navigation satellite systems data collection)
• Communicate verbally and in writing, a synthesis of research results, including geospatial, geophysical, and aerial data for archaeological projects
• Create maps using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online that meet organizational standards for reporting and contain data from external sources, organizational geodatabase(s), derived data, as well as data collected during fieldwork.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed