Description

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is seeking a research engineer to support the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory's (GML) Technology Transitions, Engineering, and Applications (TTEA) division. The position will support four specific efforts: the High-Altitude Operational Returning Uncrewed System (HORUS), a balloon-borne scientific package that includes a glider to return science payloads to a predetermined location; TraceAIR, the installation of the Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon and H2O (MACH) package aboard United Airlines commercial aircraft to measure trace gas atmospheric composition; NOAA’s GHG Aircraft System for Light Aircraft (NGAS-LA), a flexible yet robust instrument package for measuring greenhouse gases in targeted field studies across the globe; and NOAA’s shipborne instruments that measure the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO) in surface seawater and atmospheric greenhouse gas composition from research vessels and other ships of opportunity. These projects have recently moved from conception to active deployment phase, and the position will help shape the trajectory of these ongoing programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or another engineering degree.
Ability to conduct in-person laboratory work in a U.S. government facility (which requires successful completion of a federal background check).
Ability to travel and conduct fieldwork 10% of time per year on average.
Experience with the computer programming language Python.