Category: Data Processing

Orbital Debris Measurement Scientist

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Current state: Approved and Notify DPS Secretary
Department: Orbital Debris Research and Science Operations
City: Houston
State/Province: Texas
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Tom Prior
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Jacobs Engineering
Application Due Date: Friday, April 15 2022
Web Link: https://jacobs.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=ADV0002MO

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!     

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. Jacobs is NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

We are looking for an Orbital Debris Measurement Scientist to join our team. Do you have the following skills?

The selected candidate will:

  • ​Provide data analysis on measurement data in direct support for orbital debris engineering models
  • Participate in experiments meant to improve computer models of the space debris environment, including numerical simulation, and model/tool development and optimization
  • Solve problems in applied physics and engineering, including basic research and algorithm development to support NASA missions
  • Develop, document, maintain and operate computer models and databases of the orbital debris environment
  • Work closely with JETS Orbital Debris Research & Science Operations (ODRSO) colleagues and NASA Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO) customers
  • Present work products to customers and counterparts (written & verbal)
  • Support and participate in technical interchange meetings
  • Perform other duties as required

 

Here’s What You’ll Need:
 

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate’s experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

  • Bachelor of Science degree in related field from an accredited school in science related field and a minimum of four (4) years direct experience, or Master’s degree and two (2) years of direct experience, or Ph.D. and zero (0) years of related experience.
  • Experience with orbital mechanics
  • Formal experience with optical or radar data processing and analysis
  • Formal experience in software development/maintenance
  • Experience with statistical analysis of data
  • Experience with orbital mechanics
  • Experience in analyzing data and determining trends, uncertainties, and error sources
  • Experience with FORTRAN, MATLAB, Python, and high level computer programming languages
  • Experience with the Linux/Unix operating system
  • Experience developing, verifying, and validating computer models
  • Must be willing to travel to conferences, radar installations, and impact test facilities occasionally (domestic and international)
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Requisition Preferences:

  • Degree in Physics, Astronomy, or Mathematics
  • Experience with supporting space situational awareness and space object characterization
  • Direct experience with ground- or space-based radar and optical assets
  • Experience with computational applications, e.g. MatLab or Simulink

Orbital Debris Modeling Scientist

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Current state: Approved and Notify DPS Secretary
Department: Orbital Debris Research and Science Operations
City: Houston
State/Province: Texas
Category: , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Tom Prior
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Jacobs Engineering
Application Due Date: Friday, April 15 2022
Web Link: https://jacobs.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=ADV0002MP

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!     

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. Jacobs is NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

We are looking for an Orbital Debris Modeling Scientist to join our team. Do you have the following skills?

 

The selected candidate will:

 

  • Solve problems in applied physics and engineering, including basic research and algorithm development to support NASA missions
  • Develop, document, maintain and operate computer models and databases of the orbital debris environment
  • Work closely with JETS Orbital Debris Research & Science Operations (ODRSO) colleagues and NASA Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO) customers
  • Present work products to customers and counterparts (written & verbal)
  • Support and participate in technical interchange meetings
  • Perform other duties as required

 

Here’s What You’ll Need:
 

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

 

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate’s experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited school in science related field and a minimum of four (4) years direct experience, or Master’s degree and two (2) years of direct experience, or Ph.D. and zero (0) years of related experience.
  • Experience with orbital mechanics
  • Experience with statistical analysis and data reduction
  • Experience developing mathematical modeling methods and algorithms
  • Experience with large-scale simulations, including Monte Carlo modeling
  • Experience with FORTRAN, MATLAB, Python, and high level computer programming languages
  • Experience developing, verifying, and validating computer models

 

Requisition Preferences:

  • Experience with space environment modeling
  • Experience analyzing orbital debris measurement data
  • Experience with orbital debris detection search strategies for optical and/or radar measurements
  • Experience with data mining or machine learning
  • Experience with C/C++
  • Experience with configuration management
  • Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team
  • Demonstration of strong communication skills
  • Demonstration of creativity, conception, vision, and personal initiative

Applied Data Scientist

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Current state: Approved and Notify DPS Secretary
Department: IPAC
City: Pasadena
State/Province: CA
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Institution: Caltech
Application Due Date: Tuesday, February 01 2022
Web Link: https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CALTECH&cws=37&rid=6258

IPAC at the California Institute of Technology is soliciting applications for an Applied Data Scientist to work on the Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor program. NEO Surveyor is a NASA Planetary Defense mission that will launch in early 2026. The NEO Surveyor observatory consists of a passively cooled 50 cm telescope located at Sun-Earth L1 equipped with a wide-field camera that will image the sky simultaneously in two mid-infrared bands. Operations will be optimized to detect, track, and characterize Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and more distant small bodies in the solar system. NEO Surveyor will detect approximately 100,000 Main Belt Asteroids, NEOs, and comets each day against a background of tens of millions of distant stars and galaxies.

IPAC is developing and will operate the Survey Data System (NSDS) for NEO Surveyor that ingests raw data from the flight system, processes those data into calibrated image and source detection products, performs automated searches for moving solar system objects, assesses the quality of the survey data, and distributes data products to NASA archives and the user community. The NSDS will make use of machine learning based automated classifiers in several key steps including differentiation between real and spurious detections of moving object candidates, identification of reliable moving object tracklet candidates, and identification of comet candidates in the moving object detection stream.

US Program Director, Trillium Technologies

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Current state: Review
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Jodie Hughes
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Trillium Technologies

Trillium Technologies in partnership with the SETI Institute at Mt. View California, is looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic, and collaborative individual to lead our US operations. The US Program Director has a key role in shaping and delivering the programs we create with our partner NASA, and other potential partners such as Google Cloud, the Mayo Clinic, and the USGS, to tackle the most interesting and important challenges of our time using AI. These range from detecting and managing wildfires, to creating detailed maps of resources on the Moon, mitigating the effects of global heating, to deploying ML payloads in orbit and applying AI to astronaut health. We are looking for someone just as passionate about machine learning, climate change mitigation and space exploration as we are!

Responsibilities:

  • Create exciting research and deployment programs in AI, space and climate science, and medicine
  • Convey our success stories and articulate our ambitions through content and communications for US programs with the support of our able design and UX team
  • Cultivate, maintain, and extend our well-established community of partners, academics and stakeholders
  • Lead program logistics and operations 

Qualifications:

  • An advanced degree level education in social sciences, science, medicine, technology, or computing.
  • A strong track record in program development and management.
  • A desire to understand or experience delivering interdisciplinary artificial intelligence and science research from concept to deployment.
  • Possess the skills to create or guide the preparation of written content in all its forms: from tweets to research papers
  • An ability to get the job done with resourcefulness, flexibility, and efficiency.
  • A demonstrable interest in space science and/or machine learning and/or climate mitigation and/or medicine. 
  • Must be a team player, able to establish and maintain collaborative and positive business relationships across the board.

Applications deadline: Monday, November 8, 2021

To find out more about the role and how to apply go to www.trilliumusa.tech/programdirector. Please direct your questions to [email protected]

US Program Director, Trillium Technologies

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Current state: Approved and Notify DPS Secretary
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Jodie Hughes
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Trillium Technologies
Application Due Date: Wednesday, January 05 2022

Trillium Technologies in partnership with the SETI Institute at Mt. View California, is looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic, and collaborative individual to lead our US operations. The US Program Director has a key role in shaping and delivering the programs we create with our partner NASA, and other potential partners such as Google Cloud, the Mayo Clinic, and the USGS, to tackle the most interesting and important challenges of our time using AI. These range from detecting and managing wildfires, to creating detailed maps of resources on the Moon, mitigating the effects of global heating, to deploying ML payloads in orbit and applying AI to astronaut health. We are looking for someone just as passionate about machine learning, climate change mitigation and space exploration as we are!

Responsibilities:

  • Create exciting research and deployment programs in AI, space and climate science, and medicine
  • Convey our success stories and articulate our ambitions through content and communications for US programs with the support of our able design and UX team
  • Cultivate, maintain, and extend our well-established community of partners, academics and stakeholders
  • Lead program logistics and operations 

Qualifications:

  • An advanced degree level education in social sciences, science, medicine, technology, or computing.
  • A strong track record in program development and management.
  • A desire to understand or experience delivering interdisciplinary artificial intelligence and science research from concept to deployment.
  • Possess the skills to create or guide the preparation of written content in all its forms: from tweets to research papers
  • An ability to get the job done with resourcefulness, flexibility, and efficiency.
  • A demonstrable interest in space science and/or machine learning and/or climate mitigation and/or medicine. 
  • Must be a team player, able to establish and maintain collaborative and positive business relationships across the board.

Applications deadline: Monday, November 8, 2021

To find out more about the role and how to apply go to www.trilliumusa.tech/programdirector. Please direct your questions to [email protected]

US Program Director, Trillium Technologies

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Current state: Review
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Jodie Hughes
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Trillium Technologies

Trillium Technologies in partnership with the SETI Institute at Mt. View California, is looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic, and collaborative individual to lead our US operations. The US Program Director has a key role in shaping and delivering the programs we create with our partner NASA, and other potential partners such as Google Cloud, the Mayo Clinic, and the USGS, to tackle the most interesting and important challenges of our time using AI. These range from detecting and managing wildfires, to creating detailed maps of resources on the Moon, mitigating the effects of global heating, to deploying ML payloads in orbit and applying AI to astronaut health. We are looking for someone just as passionate about machine learning, climate change mitigation and space exploration as we are!

Responsibilities:

  • Create exciting research and deployment programs in AI, space and climate science, and medicine
  • Convey our success stories and articulate our ambitions through content and communications for US programs with the support of our able design and UX team
  • Cultivate, maintain, and extend our well-established community of partners, academics and stakeholders
  • Lead program logistics and operations 

Qualifications:

  • An advanced degree level education in social sciences, science, medicine, technology, or computing.
  • A strong track record in program development and management.
  • A desire to understand or experience delivering interdisciplinary artificial intelligence and science research from concept to deployment.
  • Possess the skills to create or guide the preparation of written content in all its forms: from tweets to research papers
  • An ability to get the job done with resourcefulness, flexibility, and efficiency.
  • A demonstrable interest in space science and/or machine learning and/or climate mitigation and/or medicine. 
  • Must be a team player, able to establish and maintain collaborative and positive business relationships across the board.

Applications deadline: Monday, November 8, 2021

To find out more about the role and how to apply go to www.trilliumusa.tech/programdirector. Please direct your questions to [email protected]

US Program Director, Trillium Technologies

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Current state: Review
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Jodie Hughes
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Trillium Technologies

Trillium Technologies in partnership with the SETI Institute at Mt. View California, is looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic, and collaborative individual to lead our US operations. The US Program Director has a key role in shaping and delivering the programs we create with our partner NASA, and other potential partners such as Google Cloud, the Mayo Clinic, and the USGS, to tackle the most interesting and important challenges of our time using AI. These range from detecting and managing wildfires, to creating detailed maps of resources on the Moon, mitigating the effects of global heating, to deploying ML payloads in orbit and applying AI to astronaut health. We are looking for someone just as passionate about machine learning, climate change mitigation and space exploration as we are!

Responsibilities:

  • Create exciting research and deployment programs in AI, space and climate science, and medicine
  • Convey our success stories and articulate our ambitions through content and communications for US programs with the support of our able design and UX team
  • Cultivate, maintain, and extend our well-established community of partners, academics and stakeholders
  • Lead program logistics and operations 

Qualifications:

  • An advanced degree level education in social sciences, science, medicine, technology, or computing.
  • A strong track record in program development and management.
  • A desire to understand or experience delivering interdisciplinary artificial intelligence and science research from concept to deployment.
  • Possess the skills to create or guide the preparation of written content in all its forms: from tweets to research papers
  • An ability to get the job done with resourcefulness, flexibility, and efficiency.
  • A demonstrable interest in space science and/or machine learning and/or climate mitigation and/or medicine. 
  • Must be a team player, able to establish and maintain collaborative and positive business relationships across the board.

Applications deadline: Monday, November 8, 2021

To find out more about the role and how to apply go to www.trilliumusa.tech/programdirector. Please direct your questions to [email protected]

Tenure track faculty position in the field of space science and engineering

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Department: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
City: Ann Arbor
State/Province: MI
Category: , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Professor Aaron Ridley
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: University of Michigan
Application Due Date: Wednesday, December 01 2021
Web Link: https://myumi.ch/ME8gE.

The Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLaSP) in the College of
Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor together with the Space Physics Research Laboratory form a world-leading research environment known both for numerical modeling and space instrumentation development and use. The Department invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the field of space science and engineering, targeting candidates with strong interest and expertise in upper atmosphere and/or plasma processes of the Sun-Earth space environment. We seek candidates interested in advanced numerical methodologies and models, the analysis of data from related space science instruments, or the development and operation of space instrumentation and missions focused on Heliophysics research. 

We are seeking candidates capable of developing an internationally recognized research program, successfully competing for external funding, mentoring doctoral students, participating in our educational mission and programs at both graduate and undergraduate levels, and positively contributing to the culture, diversity, and collaborative nature of the department, college, and university. We also welcome applications from candidates whose research addresses cross-disciplinary areas that complement our existing strengths in the development of space environment models and space instrumentation and missions.

Applications should include: (1) cover letter, (2) CV, (3) research statement, (4) teaching statement, (5) a statement describing activities, contributions, or plans related to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, (6) and a list of four references with contact details.
For full consideration, applications should be received before December 1, 2021.

Candidates should click here to apply: https://myumi.ch/ME8gE. Questions about the position or application process can be directed to the search committee chair Aaron Ridley ([email protected]). 

Michigan Engineering’s vision is to be the world’s preeminent college of engineering serving the common good. This global outlook, leadership focus, and service commitment permeate our culture. Our vision is supported by a mission and values that, together, provide the framework for all that we do. Information about our vision, mission and values can be found on the Strategic Vision website. 

The University of Michigan has a storied legacy of commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The Michigan Engineering component of the University’s comprehensive, five-year, DEI strategic plan—with updates on our programs and resources dedicated to ensuring a welcoming, fair, and inclusive environment—can be found on the DEI website. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. The University is also responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. 

COVID-19 vaccinations are now required for all University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff across all campuses. This includes those working or learning remotely. More information on this policy is available on the Campus Blueprint website.

ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science

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Current state: Approved and Notify DPS Secretary
Department: Directorate of Science
City: Noordwijk (Netherlands), Madrid (Spain), Baltimore (USA)
Category: , , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Yannis Zouganelis
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: European Space Agency
Application Due Date: Monday, September 27 2021
Web Link: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-science-faculty/opportunities/research-fellowships

We are pleased to inform you about the opening of the call for European Space Agency’s Research Fellowships in Space Science. The call is opening on 30 August 2021 with an application deadline on 27 September 2021. 

ESA’s postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers early career scientists and engineers the possibility to carry out research in a variety of disciplines related to space science, space applications or space technology. Research Fellowships in Space Science specifically offer the opportunity to contribute to ESA’s endeavour to explore our Solar System and the Universe, and cover the fields of heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics. 

The research fellowships offer a unique insight into ESA’s environment and activities while conducting cutting edge research. Mentoring and training opportunities are available, as are possibilities to engage with ESA science-related activities (e.g., archive/data science, operations, calibration, communication, citizen science). 

Approximately 12 ESA Fellowships in Space Science (SCI) will be offered this year, to join the pool of about 25 Research Fellows. Within the Science Directorate (SCI), we welcome all independent proposals for innovative research associated with one or more of our missions. The Space Science fellowships can be taken up at any of the three sites ESAC (Spain), ESTEC (Netherlands) or STScI (USA) and we encourage applicants to choose sites that allow for best local collaborations. To learn more about the research conducted by the ESA scientists at different sites, please visit the Faculty Member Directory and the pages for the Faculty research groups. There is a separate page for research at the ESA Office at STScI (see also the research of non-ESA scientists at STScI). 

Duration: Appointments are for a maximum of three years. The initial project is for two years. An extension for a third year requires a dedicated proposal and is frequently granted.

Eligibility: Citizens of ESA Member States or of cooperating and associated countries. 

More information on the Research Fellowship programme and on how to apply 

can be found at  https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-science-faculty/opportunities/research-fellowships 

Deadline for applications is 27 September 2021. 

Postdoctoral Fellow in Mars Data Assimilation

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Department: National Space Science and Technology Center
City: Al Ain
State/Province: Abu Dhabi
Category: , , , ,
Country: United Arab Emirates
Contact Person: Dr Roland Young
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: UAE University
Application Due Date: Thursday, September 30 2021
Web Link: https://rolandyoung.bitbucket.io/601471.pdf

The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, UAE, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Mars Data Assimilation. The anticipated start date is the beginning of 2022, for an initial period of two years. Review of applications will begin on 1 October 2021. 

The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) arrived at Mars in February 2021. Its unique orbit and viewing geometry make it an ideal platform to use data assimilation to combine observations with Mars General Circulation Model (GCM) simulations. The purpose of this position is to expand an existing data assimilation scheme to also assimilate aerosol and trace gas data (dust, water ice, water vapour, and ozone) from EMM’s instruments, primarily data from the thermal infrared Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer, but also from the visible/UV Emirates eXploration Imager. The aim is to assimilate as many datasets from EMM’s instruments simultaneously, to produce complete climate states that incorporate all of EMM’s lower atmosphere observations.

The postdoc will have some freedom to develop this research as they like, within the bounds of what has been done already. They will be expected to use the obtained data products to perform independent research on open science questions related to Mars’ atmosphere. NSSTC will also require the successful candidate to devote some of their time to its operational Earth Observation objectives, based on personal experience and expertise. 

The assimilation scheme is based on the LETKF and uses the LMD Mars GCM, with previous work using observations from ExoMars-TGO-ACS and NASA-MRO-MCS. An ideal candidate will already have experience with some or all of these instruments and methods.

The position offers a competitive monthly tax-free salary, an excellent medical insurance package for the applicant and their family, and travel funds.

Applications should be made via https://jobs.uaeu.ac.ae. Information about the NSSTC Planetary Science group can be found at https://rolandyoung.bitbucket.io/research-group.html.