Research Associate V, Step 1-4

Purpose of the Position: We are seeking a Research Associate to support NASA Earth Action science and application activities related to the development of the NASA Disasters Program Portal. This role focuses on advancing awareness, discoverability, access, understanding, and application of Earth science information for disaster management communities. The position is located at the National Space Science & Technology Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Responsibilities

• Training Duties:
  • Develop and finalize a strategic end-to-end plan for Disasters Portal training and learning opportunities.
  • Publish and promote completed content on the Disasters Portal and establish internal and external feedback mechanisms to improve future content development.
  • Outline future training based on user feedback and needs.
• Workshop Development:
  • Finalize an end-to-end plan for both in-person and virtual stakeholder workshop activities.
  • Produce comprehensive workshop reports for the Disasters Program Manager for each workshop.
  • Establish formal post-workshop internal and external feedback mechanisms to maximize future workshop impacts.
  • Outline a future workshop plan, both in-person and virtual, based on user feedback and needs.
• Interfacing Across the NASA Earth Science Division:
  • Interface with other Earth Science Division programs at MSFC, including ODSI, CSDA, EarthRISE, SPoRT, TOPS, FireSense, and ARSET.
  • Interface with Disasters Program Principal Investigators and research teams.
  • Interface with NASA mission teams and team members at MSFC, including NISAR, TEMPO, etc.
  • Interface with other NASA Centers, particularly those with Earth Science offices, and NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), including the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 5.5 years of full-time, verifiable work experience.
• Experience with developing science training resources.
• Experience with planning/organizing workshops or other events.
• Scientific writing experience.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Experience working on both in-person and hybrid collaborative teams.
• Experience with remote sensing, GIS, and using NASA data.
• Familiarity with meteorological concepts and common types of Earth science applications, including hazards/disaster concepts such as severe storms, flooding, tropical cyclones, fires, and/or earthquakes.
• Experience with remote sensing, Earth observation/satellite data analysis, atmospheric & land surface modeling, Python programming, and GIS.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• A Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field is desired.
• Experience working with NASA and/or other federal or state government agencies is preferred.
• Experience with Linux; working with Optical, thermal remote sensing, and Synthetic Aperture Radar data; working with different data and image formats.
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence/machine learning and AWS/cloud computing is desired.
• Advanced knowledge of meteorological concepts and common types of Earth science applications, including hazards/disaster concepts such as severe storms, flooding, tropical cyclones, fires, and/or earthquakes is desired.
• Advanced experience with remote sensing, Earth observation/satellite data analysis, atmospheric & land surface modeling, Python programming, and GIS is preferred.

Pay

$70,500 - $87,741