Plankton AI & Marine Data Scientist — PDRA (Hybrid)

The Scottish Association for Marine Science; Oban; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & hybrid working options

Purchase of additional annual leave

Cycle 2 Work scheme

Pensions Plus

Payroll Giving

Training & development courses

Free car parking with EV charging

Job summary

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban seeks a Post-Doctoral Researcher to support plankton-climate studies and AI classifier development. You will work on the SEUPB Acclimatise project and help operate real-time plankton counters and data dashboards.

The role requires a PhD in a relevant field, expertise in Django, Python, Linux, and ML with PyTorch, plus strong communication for project reports and publications. Remote work may be possible within this UK-based post.

Qualifications

• PhD in marine/environmental science or computing essential.
• Experience with a web framework (Django) and Python.
• Linux systems administration and data pipelines.
• Hands-on ML/AI experience with image classification (PyTorch).
• Knowledge of phytoplankton ecology and marine instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop AI classifier and related software for data collection, transfer and storage.
• Operate and support IFCB deployments with AFBI collaboration.
• Analyze collected data and contribute to reports and publications.
• Interact with AFBI staff, with periodic visits to Belfast and possible seagoing.

Skills

Django experience

Python

Bash

Linux

PyTorch

ML/AI

Education

PhD in marine/environmental science or computing

Tools

Django

Python

Linux

Bash

PyTorch

Job description

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban seeks a Post-Doctoral Researcher to support plankton-climate studies and AI classifier development. You will work on the SEUPB Acclimatise project and help operate real-time plankton counters and data dashboards.

The role requires a PhD in a relevant field, expertise in Django, Python, Linux, and ML with PyTorch, plus strong communication for project reports and publications. Remote work may be possible within this UK-based post.