Research Associate I (step 2)

The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Alabama
$40.8K-$44.5K a year
Full-time

Purpose of the Position :

The Research Associate will support the IMPACT Project Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). NASA's IMPACT Project Office monitors trends and progressions across the informatics, data science, and information technology communities in order to inform strategy and develop effective solutions for Earth science data management and dissemination.

Additionally, the IMPACT Project Office provides a broad user perspective as to how NASA Earth science data and information are represented and communicated.

The IMPACT project fosters cross-community collaborations in order to improve all phases of the Earth science data life cycle, including processes, policies, engineering, and information communication.

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Perform metadata quality assessments for the earth science catalog
  • Review scientific and technical materials for clarity and quality.
  • Maintain reporting pipeline of IMPACT accomplishments.
  • Use of technical writing and editing skills to support and contribute to IMPACT reporting requirements.
  • Support communications efforts with data providers as needed.
  • Provide assistance to IMPACT in the creation and testing of scientific and technical products.

Minimum Requirements :

  • Bachelor's degree in Physics, Atmospheric Science, Geoscience, Remote Sensing, or a related field
  • 3 - 6 months of full-time verifiable work experience
  • Working knowledge of Earth and Atmospheric Science Data including remote sensing data sets
  • Strong programming skills in Python
  • Strong statistical and quantitative skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desired Qualifications :

  • Master's degree in Physics, Atmospheric Science, Geoscience, Remote Sensing, or a related field
  • Proposal writing experience

Published Salary (if available) :

$40,750 - $44,499

30+ days ago
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