Radar Science Fellow — Weather Data & Seeding Research

Lever, Inc.; Norman (OK); On-site; USD 81,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full health coverage

Lunch provided in-office

EV charging at HQ

Fully stocked kitchenette

Job summary

Rainmaker seeks candidates for a Radar Science Fellowship in the United States. This paid, full-time on-site appointment supports a scoped project defined with a mentor and aligns with Rainmaker's priorities.

You will build radar datasets, validate processing methods, and deliver a final artifact such as a dataset, tracking system, or analysis protocol, with strong mentorship and future opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students are eligible.
• Strong quantitative and programming ability, preferably in Python.
• Experience with radar meteorology or remote sensing.
• Ability to formulate a scientific question and validate results carefully.
• Comfort working with large, imperfect observational datasets.
• Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo, CA or Norman, OK.

Responsibilities

• Build quality-controlled radar datasets aligned with aircraft, UAS, satellite, model, surface, or operational observations.
• Implement and validate radar-processing, feature-extraction, retrieval, storm-tracking, or statistical-analysis methods.
• Investigate how results vary with storm type, range, terrain, temperature regime, observing geometry, and data quality.
• Develop baselines and quantify uncertainty, false detections, and selection effects.
• Create case visualizations and scientific analyses for domain experts.
• Produce reusable code and documentation.
• Present findings to radar scientists, meteorologists, operators, and leadership.
• Deliver a final artifact such as a validated dataset, case atlas, or research paper.

Skills

Python

Strong quantitative skills

Communication skills

Data analysis

Education

Current undergraduate/graduate student or recent graduate

Tools

Python

Geospatial analysis

Remote sensing

Job description

Rainmaker seeks candidates for a Radar Science Fellowship in the United States. This paid, full-time on-site appointment supports a scoped project defined with a mentor and aligns with Rainmaker's priorities.

You will build radar datasets, validate processing methods, and deliver a final artifact such as a dataset, tracking system, or analysis protocol, with strong mentorship and future opportunities.