NIWC - Undergraduate Student - Port Contamination Project (Task No. 71-342609)

The hourly rate for this position is $17.75 for Undergraduate II and $19.67 for Undergraduate III and is non-negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Preparing satellite, buoy, and industrial/municipal spatiotemporal data for analysis.
• Performing exploratory data analysis and generating data visualizations.
• Creating data dictionaries, reports of analyses, and slide decks of results.
• Aiding in the coding and testing/debugging of a machine learning pipeline.
• Conducting relevant literature searches pertaining to the acceptance and execution of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices.
• Submitting Monthly Status Reports in accordance with the base contract.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Level 2-3 (Junior to Senior): Mathematics and/or Computer Science major preferred; relevant majors such as Biology, Chemistry, or Physics may be suitable given relevant coursework and/or work experience.
• Required Coursework and/or Relevant Work and/or Laboratory Experience:
  • Introduction to Chemistry, Biology, or equivalent
  • Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming or equivalent
  • Probability and Statistics or equivalent
• Desired Coursework and/or Relevant Work and/or Laboratory Experience:
  • Introduction to Environmental Science, Oceanography, or equivalent
  • Data Structures, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, or equivalent
  • Computer Vision, Deep Learning, or equivalent
• Desired: Python programming experience, experience with CNNs or machine learning, experience with GIS software.
• Additional: Independent/self-starter who can operate under minimal oversight.