Staff Air Pollution Specialist

Job Description and Duties

This position can be located in Sacramento or Riverside County.

The Climate Change Mitigation and Emissions Research Section (Section) in the Research Division develops and conducts policy-relevant in-house and extramural research to advance science and support CARB mobile source emissions and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs and policies. Section’s research focuses on:

• Characterizing real-world emissions and activity patterns for on-road and off-road mobile sources along with regulatory and policy options to achieve regional and community air quality improvement and greenhouse gas reduction goals using laboratory, portable emissions measurement system, remote-sensing, and engine and activity data-logging technologies,
• Evaluating driving patterns, energy use, and technology advancement of electric vehicles to characterize their benefits of reducing emissions and GHG reductions and inform to the clean transportation and GHG reduction programs and policies,
• Characterizing non-exhaust emissions such as brake-/tire-wear emissions from vehicles and brake-/wheel-wear emissions from locomotives to understand their impacts on air quality and public health and to inform relevant emissions and GHG reduction programs and policies.

The Section conducts large dataset- and database-driven technical analyses, provides expert opinions to decision-makers, networks with internal, national, and international stakeholders, and publishes research findings.

Working Conditions

This position may be eligible for hybrid in-office work and in-state telework. The amount of telework is at the agency's discretion and is based on the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) current telework policy. While the CARB may support telework, some in-person attendance is also required.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

Desirable Qualifications

• A strong scientific and technical background and detailed knowledge of vehicle emissions and energy use research, air pollution research, vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust emission and energy test methods, instrumented transportation studies, combustion and zero-emission vehicle technologies, and a broad knowledge of CARB programs and policies, especially those related to on-road and off-road mobile sources.
• Expert-level skills in data-mining, large dataset and database analyses, computer programming, statistics, and data analysis, coupled with a program and policy awareness that can harness the true potential of these large datasets and databases to inform mobile source and climate change programs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal-skills, critical thinking skills, the ability to meet deadlines, planning and management experience on major projects, and the ability to effectively interact with all levels of staff within the Agency, and other government agencies, international groups, industry, non-governmental agencies, and other public stakeholders.
• The incumbent is expected to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, management, and stakeholders internally and externally and to exercise sound judgment when making decisions independently and suggestions to the management to comply with program goals and objectives.
• The incumbent should have the desire to use research to help CARB meet its mobile source emissions reduction goals and the ability to collaborate with the many stakeholders involved.

Benefits

Contact Information

The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.

Jackson Tran
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jackson.tran@arb.ca.gov