COMPANY OVERVIEW
Battelle and its affiliate, Battelle Ecology, Inc. manage and operate
the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) project, which is
solely funded by the National Science Foundation. A 30+ year project
dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land use and invasive
species impact ecology, the observatory’s scientists and engineers are
collecting a comprehensive range of ecological data on a continental
scale across 20 eco-climatic domains representing US ecosystems. Our
teams use cutting-edge technology, including an airborne observation
platform that captures images of regional landscapes and vegetation;
mobile, relocatable, and fixed data collection sites with automated
ground sensors to monitor soil and atmosphere; and trained field crews
who observe and sample populations of diverse organisms and collect soil
and water data. Once structures are completed, a leading edge
cyberinfrastructure will calibrate, store and publish this information.
The Observatory includes more than 500+ personnel and is the first of
its designed to detect and enable forecasting of ecological change at
continental scales
Location: Boulder, Colorado
JOB SUMMARY
The Staff Scientist – Data Products will manage the efforts for
developing and delivering the micrometeorology data product through an
internal working group (working Integrated Product Team - wIPT)
responsible for delivering Eddy-Covariance data products.
Responsibilities include: ensuring delivery of data products and
associated documentation, including design, specification,
implementation, testing, and publication. This position requires
understanding Battelle Ecology, Inc.’s data and sample acquisition
systems and their scientific design and goals, and assessing and
realizing the utility of algorithms necessary to enable community use of
the products. The Staff Scientist will also be expected to interact with
external working groups and advisory panels, liaising with the larger
ecological modeling and micrometeorology communities to ensure Battelle
Ecology, Inc.’s chosen approaches are appropriate.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support the development of Battelle Ecology, Inc.’s eddy
covariance data products, including managing cost and schedule.
• Provide technical guidance on the development of Battelle
Ecology, Inc. data products, particularly eddy covariance data products.
• Coordinate porting/testing/validation of all Micrometeorology
science code into operational cyberinfrastructure, including development
of standardized plans for transferring science code into the
cyberinfrastructure
• Coordinate implementation, dataflow and data formats for public
access
• Support working groups and product teams (internally and
externally) to address cross-cutting science issues associated with
sensor and algorithm deployment, implementation, maintenance and QA/QC
• Provide expertise and feedback in designing, developing, and
implementing state-of-the-art tools for manipulating, processing, and
analyzing Battelle Ecology, Inc. wide variety of data.
REQUIRED: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Ph.D. with applicable experience in an environmental science
field, such as community land modeling, micrometeorology,
biometeorology, ecosystem science, or atmospheric sciences
• Two or more years’ experience (may be postdoctoral)
• Sound understanding of a wide range of sensors and measurement
techniques, and their associated data acquisition and analysis
procedures
• In-depth knowledge of quantitative uncertainty analyses, time-
domain, frequency-domain and QA/QC procedures Experience with combining
data of different types and from multiple spatial & temporal scales
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as
Fortran90+, Java, Python, C/C++
• Experience with common statistics packages, such as R or SAS
PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Demonstrated experience leading teams
• Demonstrated experience working with interdisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of soil, tower, and airborne sensors and measurement
techniques and their associated data acquisition and analysis
procedures.
• Demonstrated experience working at the micro- to meso-
meteorological scale
• Ability to develop dataflow designs for different and
contrasting types of data
• Experience in operationalizing science code and working with
large, complex data sets
• Design of data visualization tools
• Demonstrable knowledge of two or more ecological sciences
relevant to Battelle Ecology, Inc.
• Peer-reviewed journal publications and a record of professional
accomplishment related to the Battelle Ecology, Inc. mission
Apply to: www.neonscience.org
Battelle Ecology, Inc. provides employment and opportunities for
advancement, compensation, training, and growth according to individual
merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic
information, or disability. Our goal is for each staff member to have
the opportunity to grow to the limits of their abilities and to achieve
personal and organizational objectives. We will support positive
programs for equal treatment of all staff and full utilization of all
qualified employees at all levels within Battelle Ecology, Inc.
