General Summary of Position:

Full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in ionospheric weather and data rescue sought for 36 month position at The Space Science Laboratory, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

The candidate will search and rescue ionosonde data records for quality control, harmonization, and ingestion in the databases of the Lowell GIRO Data Center (LGDC), in consultations with the project sponsor, following established international standards for ionosonde data exchange.

You will contribute to operational software and database architecture development of the next-generation ionosonde data infrastructure at LGDC, unattended tools for data retrieval from public online resources, and common-use libraries for data visualization, interactive analysis, and dissemination of high level ionosonde, GNSS, and IRTAM/GAMBIT computational model products.

The candidate will develop, test, validate, and transition to operations the analysis software for innovative use of ionosonde data, including the pyNeDIPP ionosphere-plasmasphere-polar cap Digisonde-assisted assimilative modeling system.

You will support proposal development, Prepare and publish papers in scientific journals and present the SSL’s ionosonde and GNSS-assisted weather ionospheric modeling research at the national and international radio science conferences.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Ph.D. in Geophysics, Space Weather, or related field, experience in statistical data analysis, data search and retrieval, and expert command of Python and software libraries.
• Experience in MySQL or equivalent is preferred.

Additional Considerations: 

• Strong work ethic. 
• A disciplined, procedure-controlled, test-and-validation development for operational applications is expected.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Only current UML Employees within the Grants & Contracts (MTA/GRACE) bargaining unit will be considered during the first 10 business days of the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period.

This is a Grants & Contracts (MTA/GRACE) bargaining unit position.

Initial review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. However, the position may close when an adequate number of qualified applications is received.   

This position is contingent upon funding. The appointment is for 36 months contingent upon productivity, successful performance and the availability of funding.

Please include a resume, cover letter and research interest with your application. Names and contact information of three references will be required during the application process.