Seismic Research Assistant Specialist

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley is seeking an Assistant Specialist to advance earthquake research within the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. The role focuses on developing and delivering real-time earthquake parameters and products while enhancing data pipelines and archival systems.

The ideal candidate will apply machine-learning techniques and work with SeisComP, Python, and potentially C++ to improve algorithms, validation, and dissemination of earthquake information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree required.

Responsibilities

• Review state-of-the-art approaches to produce earthquake parameters and products in real time.
• Research and develop new customized earthquakes solutions and products using machine-learning and new datasets.
• Validate accuracy of produced solutions across diverse earthquake sequences; fine-tune configurations.
• Lead or contribute to peer-reviewed papers on developed solutions and products.
• Research methods to compute amplitude/travel time corrections for all BSL stations.

Skills

SeisComP

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

None

Job description

University of California, Berkeley is seeking an Assistant Specialist to advance earthquake research within the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. The role focuses on developing and delivering real-time earthquake parameters and products while enhancing data pipelines and archival systems.

The ideal candidate will apply machine-learning techniques and work with SeisComP, Python, and potentially C++ to improve algorithms, validation, and dissemination of earthquake information.