Meteorologist I - Huntsville, AL

Job Overview

This full-time position will be based at RSTLLC’s Huntsville, AL office. The primary duties include a mix of remotely providing forecast services for the U.S. Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll, mission weather support, performing scientific analyses of radar and satellite data along with data from other platforms based on customer requirements, software development, and some travel to remote locations to provide forecast services and perform instrumentation setup/maintenance.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or related engineering or scientific field
• A minimum of 2 years work experience within the field of study
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret-level DoD security clearance
• Excellent understanding of operational meteorology and the use of observations such as radar, satellite, surface, lightning, and NWP in the monitoring and forecast process
• Physically able to perform and tolerate remote work deployments
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Word and PPT
• Must be U.S. citizen

Desired Qualifications

• Prior work experience in tropical meteorology, aviation forecasting, and/or range meteorology
• Technical writing experience
• Programming experience including C, Python, and scripting languages
• Proficient in the Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience working with dual-polarized weather radar data
• Experience working with geostationary and polar orbiting satellite data
• Experience with configuring and administrating meteorological instrumentation

Benefits

• 95% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for the employee
• Family coverage is available at the employee's expense
• The company pays for Short-Term Disability and a Group Term Life and AD&D policy ($50k) for the employee
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays are provided

Job Location

Majority of work will be performed at the Huntsville, AL office. Temporary duty travel (up to 10%) to remote tropical climate locations with wet and dry seasons and little temperature variation between. Work performed is both inside and outside and may include forecast operations, and instrumentation set-up.

Additional Notes

• HUBZONE Qualified candidates living in a Hubzone will receive preferential consideration in hiring.
• Reasonable Accommodations
• This Organization Participates in E-Verify
• “Right to Work”
• “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination” Provision