Category: Imaging

Postdoc Martian Surface Processes

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Department: Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
City: Providence
State/Province: RI
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Ingrid Daubar
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Brown University
Application Due Date: Saturday, April 01 2023
Web Link: http://brown.edu/go/DEEPS-jobs

Postdoctoral researcher sought for the Planetary Sciences group at Brown University. This project focuses on martian rockfalls as a dynamic erosional process. Additionally, the position could include independent Mars-related research of the candidate’s own choosing using HiRISE and other remote sensing data. Women, members of historically underrepresented groups, and individuals with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. Potential applicants are welcome to contact Dr. Ingrid Daubar ([email protected]) to discuss the position. Review of applications will begin on August 15, 2021. 
 

Mars Atmospheric Scientist

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Department: Planetary Systems Lab
City: Greenbelt
State/Province: MD
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Shawn Domagal-Goldman
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Application Due Date: Friday, June 03 2022
Web Link: http://go.usa.gov/xJxA6

The Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is seeking a full-time Research Space Scientist to join our active Mars research group. The candidate will conduct research into the atmospheric composition of Mars, utilizing spectral and/or imaging data from spaceflight missions. Examples of such work include studying the Martian atmosphere’s composition and surface interactions. The candidate will work in an inclusive environment that prioritizes individual professional growth. This is a GS-13/14 level civil servant position located at NASA-Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland near Washington, DC. You can apply for this position from now through Friday, June 3 – the maximum opening window we could obtain for this position. For more information and to apply please go to: go.usa.gov/xJxA6

Planetary Geodesist (GS-12 / GS-13)

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Department: Astrogeology Science Center
City: Flagstaff
State/Province: AZ
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Michael Bland
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: U. S. Geological Survey
Application Due Date: Tuesday, March 22 2022
Web Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/638771100

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center is hiring up to two Geodesists (GS-12/13). Our mission is to help humanity understand our Solar System by maximizing the scientific and technical return from planetary missions through scientific research, software development, and the creation of spatial data products and standards. To help us achieve that mission, we seek two geodesists who can develop new capabilities in the fields of digital elevation models, planetary shape, rotation, and orientation, photogrammetric techniques, image matching, and geodetic standards. Job duties include planning and conducting novel geodetic and cartographic analysis, developing digital image processing techniques, designing or modifying bundle adjustment software, maintaining and improving global planetary control networks, and providing guidance to technical staff working on photogrammetric and geodetic production tasks. Applicants must have a bachelor’s or higher degree in geodesy or a related field with additional professional experience. Expertise in the concepts, theories, and principles of photogrammetry, cartography, geodesy, and/or computer vision is expected. Applicants must be US citizens, and a background check is required. This position is located in Flagstaff, AZ. Apply starting March 7th 2022 through USAjobs.gov announcement USGS-SAC-22-11289270-DE-LL (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/638771100). Closes March 21, 2022. Contact Michael Bland with questions: ([email protected]).

Important notes:

  • Applicants must submit all copies of unofficial transcripts to USAjobs.gov to ensure that the basic education requirement is met.
  • Resumes should include relevant employment or work experience (include month and year) with a statement beneath each describing how that experience meets the qualifications of a GS-12 or GS-13 Geodesist as described in the announcement. 
  • Current or former federal employees should include previous grade levels.
  • All required documents must be submitted prior to the close of the announcement
  • More details regarding the federal hiring process are available in the HELP section of the USAjobs site at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Science

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Department: Physics Department
City: Annapolis
State/Province: MD
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Matthew Knight
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: U.S. Naval Academy
Application Due Date: Tuesday, March 01 2022
Web Link: https://www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/Physics-AsstResearchProf-AY22.php

Applications are invited for a position as a postdoctoral
Assistant Research Professor in planetary science at the U.S. Naval
Academy (USNA) Physics Department in support of Assistant Professor
Matthew Knight, to begin as early as Spring 2022. The successful
applicant will lead analyses of comets observed with heliophysics
assets and will assist in observational support and analyses of NASA’s
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The position will involve
collaboration with colleagues at the Naval Research Laboratory,
University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, and may require travel to obtain new observations in Chile
and/or Flagstaff, AZ. The successful candidate will also be encouraged
to pursue research of their own choosing.

This is a federal excepted service position with a one-year initial
appointment and the possibility of renewing for an additional year.
For additional information on the position and how to apply, please
visit https://www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/Physics-AsstResearchProf-AY22.php.

Applications will be reviewed beginning March 1, 2022 and the position
will remain open until filled.

Postdoctoral Research in Remote Sensing/Machine Learning

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Current state: Approved
City: Upton
State/Province: NY
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Martin Schoonen
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Application Due Date: Monday, February 14 2022
Web Link: https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/remote-sensing-post-doc/3437/21805821008

Position Description:

The Nonproliferation and National Security Department has an opening for a Post Doc to assist with the development of remote sensing algorithms to monitor uranium mining activities.  The development of the algorithms will be based on new, high-quality laboratory spectral data that will be acquired as part of an international multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary effort. The position will require close collaboration with the partner institutions.  This position has a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop, test, and validate machine-learning image processing and analysis methods
  • Participate in a multi-institutional proof-of-concept study
  • Maintain spectral data base and upload data to community spectral data bases
  • Assist in and help coordinate experimental work to collect laboratory spectral data

The position is based at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York (Long Island) and the selected candidate will work closely with project team members at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. 

Applied Data Scientist

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Department: IPAC
City: Pasadena
State/Province: CA
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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.

Mars 3D Icecap Radar Imaging

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Department: Geophysics
City: Golden
State/Province: CO
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Paul Sava
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Colorado School of Mines
Application Due Date: Sunday, November 15 2020
Web Link: https://jobs.mines.edu/cw/en-us/job/494592/postdoctoral-fellow-geophysics-mars-3d-icecap-radar-imaging

The Colorado School of Mines Department of Geophysics invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in 3D imaging of the Mars ice caps using orbital radar data.

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will consist of developing custom radar processing and imaging software, as well as the processing of large 3D data volumes obtained from Mars orbiters equipped with radar systems (SHARAD and MARSIS). We seek an outstanding individual holding a Ph.D. in geophysics, (electrical) engineering, or a related discipline with demonstrated

– experience with orbital radar instrumentation and data processing;

– experience with large scale numerical modeling, imaging, and inversion;

– excellent programming skills in C++ and Python, or equivalent languages;

– experience with high-performance distributed computing.

All candidates applying for this position should be motivated to work in an interdisciplinary framework and to interact closely with other team members at Mines and partner institutions. The candidate is expected to work independently, demonstrating initiative, strong organizational and communication skills, and respect for project deadlines.

The position will be located in the Department of Geophysics at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. We at Mines recognize that diversity is a crucial component to excellence in education and research, and strive to cultivate a community in which students, faculty, and staff with differing backgrounds, perspectives, talents, and needs are supported. We believe that a diverse community fosters energizing and enlightening debates, leads to deeper commitments, and results in a host of educational, research, and service outcomes both within our institution and the broader scientific community.

The successful candidate will be offered an initial one-year full-time postdoctoral scholar position, with the possibility for an extension during a second year. The position is available immediately and the goal is to fill it no later than January 2021.

Starting salary will be determined by the qualifications of the selected applicant balanced with departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information. Mines provides an attractive benefits package including fully paid health and dental insurance. Part of Mines’ mission is to create a family-friendly environment supported through our dependent tuition benefits, parental leave benefits, and dependent care assistance plan, as well as in special events, camps, and programming. For more information visit: https://www.mines.edu/human-resources/family-at-mines

All applications must include:

– a cover letter outlining the candidate’s suitability and motivation for the role;

– a current curriculum vitae;

– copies of the diplomas/university certificates; and

– a list of three people who could provide references.

For full consideration, please submit applications by November 15, 2020, via the Mines application portal: https://jobs.mines.edu/cw/en-us/job/494592/postdoctoral-fellow-geophysic…

Please send any questions to Dr. Paul Sava ([email protected]).

USGS Astrogeology Cartographic Technician (Term GS-07/08, FPL GS-09)

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Department: Astrogeology
City: Flagstaff
State/Province: Arizona
Category: , ,
Country: United States
Contact Person: Michael Bland
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: United States Geological Survey
Application Due Date: Monday, June 01 2020
Web Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/567869800

The USGS Astrogeology in Flagstaff AZ is hiring a Cartographic Technician at the GS-07/08 level (Term position renewable up to 4 years). Duties include using planetary data sets to assist in the generation of high-fidelity foundational spatial data products (e.g., photogrammetrically controlled image mosaics, digital elevation models) to support the planetary science community. A bachelor’s degree or higher is required. Experience generating cartographic products using the USGS’ ISIS software, Ames Stereo Pipeline, and/or SOCET SET/GXP workstations, and familiarity with scripting languages such as bash or python is preferred. Apply through USAJOBS at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/567869800. Position open 5/18/2020 to 6/1/2020 and is limited to the first 65 applicants. Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen. Send inquires to Michael Bland ([email protected]).

Professor

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Department: Physics and Astronomy
City: Provo
State/Province: UT
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Country: USA
Contact Person: Justin Peatross
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: Brigham Young University
Application Due Date: Tuesday, October 15 2019
Web Link: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/3ba77a1d

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, invites applications for potentially three faculty positions to begin August 2020. The new faculty members will be expected to provide excellent teaching and research mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful applicants will be also expected to develop externally-funded research programs of significance. We anticipate hiring at least one candidate in the area of observational astronomy, but those in other areas of astronomy and astrophysics are also encouraged to apply.

The BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy operates a number of telescope facilities. The West Mountain Observatory operates three telescopes ranging from 0.32-m to 0.92-m atop a 6,850 ft mountain with reasonably dark skies. The campus observatory is made up of six robotic telescopes ranging from 0.13-m to 0.6-m. Our ROVOR facility contains an 0.5-m robotic/remote telescope. In addition, we have a significant number of nodes on the campus supercomputer which can be used for computational efforts. Finally, we operate a 119 seat planetarium that is used for education and outreach.

Interested candidates should complete an online faculty application at yjobs.byu.edu (posting 84092 under Faculty Positions) with current CV, a cover letter outlining teaching and research experience and aspirations, and also the name and contacts of three people willing to provide letters of recommendations. Applications must be received by October 15. For additional information, contact the chair of the faculty search committee at [email protected]. BYU, an equal opportunity employer, requires all faculty members to observe the university’s honor code and dress and grooming standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Contact Darin Ragozzine for questions about how planetary scientists could work well in the Department of Physics & Astronomy.  

Photogrammetrist

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Department: Astrogeology
City: Flagstaff
State/Province: AZ
Category: , , ,
Country: USA
Contact Person: Brent Archinal
Contact Email: [email protected]
Institution: United States Geological Survey
Application Due Date: Friday, September 20 2019
Web Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/543559200

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center is looking for a photogrammetrist (GS-11/12 Physical Scientist). We work in coordination with NASA and other agencies to support missions to planetary objects across the Solar System. If you are looking for a rewarding position in the Federal workforce and have expertise in photogrammetry and software development, we need your help! Job duties include developing software, algorithms, and/or guidelines for mapping planetary data; developing planetary sensor models that define the transformation between image space and object space; producing improved geospatial knowledge of extraterrestrial bodies and planetary datasets (e.g., spacecraft ephemerides, digital elevation models, orthorectified images and mosaics, metadata, and control networks); and providing guidance to technical staff working on photogrammetric and geodetic production tasks. Applicants must have a bachelor’s or higher degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics, expertise in the concepts, theories, and principles of photogrammetry, cartography, geodesy, and/or computer vision, and experience developing and modifying software to apply these principles to highly varied datasets. Applicants must be US citizens, and a background check is required. This position is located in Flagstaff, AZ. Apply starting September 2nd 2019 through USAjobs.gov announcement DEN-2019-0254 (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/543559200). Contact Brent Archinal with questions: ([email protected]; 928 556-7083).