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Computer Scientist III, S3

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Department: Earth System Science Center
Work type: Staff Full-time Exempt
Location: Alabama
Categories: Research - Environmental

Purpose of the Position:

The Computer Scientist will provide geospatial and information technology assistance and specialization for the Inter-Agency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) within the Lab for Applied Science (LAS) under the Earth System Science Center.

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. Travel, both domestic and international, may be required of this position.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts in large model language workflows across various projects.
• Lead research and development initiatives for science discovery use cases for various projects.
• Design and implement active learning frameworks for various projects.
• Analyze data including the cloud acquired from aircraft, or satellites, using statistical analysis software, image analysis software, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and years of experience.
• Minimum of 3 - 3.5 years of full-time verifiable work experience.
• Extensive experience in software development.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong programming experience in Python C and Java.
• Experience in analyzing complex systems and assessing requirements into actionable technical specifications and solutions.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience writing peer reviewed papers/ publications is desired.

Published Salary (if available):

$94,171-$98,500

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