Ocean Carbon Field Scientist & Instrumentation Specialist

University of Miami (old); Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric, invites applications for a full-time Senior Research Associate I to support our Ocean Carbon Cycle group.

The role involves installing and maintaining oceanographic instruments on ships, processing data, and analyzing seawater samples for inorganic carbon properties, with potential field cruises up to 60 days.

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Experience with inorganic carbon parameter analysis, particularly pCO2 instrumentation, is valued.
• Troubleshooting, interfacing and maintaining oceanographic equipment is desirable.
• Strong time-management and multitasking skills for fieldwork and lab duties.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and data tools is required.

Responsibilities

• Visiting ships in port to install, troubleshoot and maintain instrumentation, including weekends.
• Installing, troubleshooting, maintaining, and calibrating oceanographic instrumentation on ships and in the lab.
• Analyzing, processing and quality controlling samples from research cruises and labs, submitting data/metadata to repositories.
• Participation in research cruises (25–60 days).

Education

Master of Science degree or equivalent experience

engineering, marine studies, oceanography, chemistry, or related fields

Tools

NetCDF

Ocean DataView

MatLab

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric, invites applications for a full-time Senior Research Associate I to support our Ocean Carbon Cycle group.

The role involves installing and maintaining oceanographic instruments on ships, processing data, and analyzing seawater samples for inorganic carbon properties, with potential field cruises up to 60 days.