OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

Bird.i has a fast paced work environment and we seek talented employees who crave learning new skills and aren't afraid to tackle big projects. As an intern you will get to work with our leaders, while working on real market analysis projects that will help us grow. With solid investment, we are starting our commercial operations virtually from scratch, and we are looking to transform how the world uses images from the sky (images derived from satellites, airplanes and drones).

This is a 3 month placement and is based in Glasgow.

Job description

Project Description

The objective of this project is to develop a web/mobile application that will consume observation imagery from our API. The purpose and scope of the application will be defined at the beginning of the project with our CEO according to the latest finding from user focus groups and our B2B strategy. The application will be offering an elegant and user friendly way to visualise observation imagery. It is important that we can do some analytics on the usage of the imagery to refine the data offered by our API.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to have a rewarding and challenging career in a fast growing organisation.

Placement Objectives

What you will learn:

• How start-ups engage a growth strategy.
• How to create design, develop, test and maintain a web/mobile application.
• How to engage with users and gather feedback to design the best user experience.
• Create compelling content that will support our commercial operation.
• How location content is used by leading businesses around the world.
• How images from the sky can bring tangible benefits to many types of business.
• Assist our CEO in researching our initial customers.
• Plenty of additional opportunities in related projects

Role Description

Our ideal candidate is someone who is curious and eager to learn about new way to visualise images from the sky. Someone who is obsessed with beautiful and user friendly mobile and web applications and thoughtful when interacting with users to gather feedback

Qualifications

At least BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• Programming skills in Javascript, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML
• Experience with Google Maps API
• Familiar with iOS and Android SDK
• Knowledge of SQLite, MySQL or similar database management system
• Ability to work on their own and as a part of a remote team 

Desirable Skills

• Familiar with Eclipse, version control and Agile methodology
• Interested in how location data and images from the sky can boost economy

Benefits

Company benefits

We value all of our interns and go the extra mile to make sure you receive a learning experience that fits your career goals. You will become extremely knowledgeable in online research, and understanding of the right commercial tactics to combine customer relationship with overarching outreach goals in a professional setting. You will also learn how to work in a professional environment and have ample opportunity to network with leaders and other professionals in the field of location content.

We also offer:

• Free lunch, fruits, biscuits, tea and coffee
• Corporate gym membership

Placement benefits

As part of the ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, you may have access to a tailored graduate business skills training course. ScotGrad placements also offer a unique opportunity to connect with a vast network of graduates and ScotGrad alumni. All graduates appointed through the programme are encouraged to make use of the ScotGrad LinkedIn group to communicate with other ScotGrad participants, learn about any professional development opportunities and build up a professional network.

Additional information

Location: Glasgow

Planned interview date: TBC

Preferred start date: 1st August 2016

Company information

Bird.i (www.hibirdi.com), one of the ten hottest space startup in the UK (The Telegraph), winner of the Innovate UK Space Launchpad II, Smart:Scotland and European Space Agency BIC competitions, finalist of the Mass Challenge and SCOTEDGE Wild Card 2015 rounds, and first spin-out of the Satellite Applications Catapult, has an immediate opening for summer internship.

Bird.i empowers everyone to use images from the sky to raise awareness, make informed decision and experience the benefits.

Our subscription service provides up to date imagery and derived content into Google Maps and other type of applications so that every user can make informed decision on their personal and professional lives (saving costs, gaining competitive advantage…)

We access fresh imagery through our partnerships with Earth Observation satellite operators (including the two world leading operators) and airborne & drone operators. We extract the value of this imagery and associate to it a social context, which is defined from on-line locations and events trends.

We bring this imagery and its value within the reach of those individuals and businesses who can benefit from it.

We do this:

• SIMPLER: An API to be consumed in user friendly mobile and web applications.
• FASTER: Few seconds to register and access the API’s content.
• CHEAPER: Subscription service calculated on the number of image views.
• BETTER: Access to the most regular satellites and airborne/drone data.

Our ambition is to establish and grow the mass market for observation imagery, which is estimated greater than $24bn by 2022.

Company sector: Enabling Technology ICT

Company website: www.hibirdi.com

Placement contact details: Corentin Guillo
07825788650