Senior Fishery Data Scientist: Salmon Survival & Migration

Lynker; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

PTO and holidays

401(k)

ESOP

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Lynker is seeking a Senior Fisheries Data Scientist to support NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, focusing on salmon survival, migration, and mark-recapture modeling. The role involves high-level statistical modeling, data analysis, and collaboration with researchers to inform management actions.

The position emphasizes Bayesian methods, large ecological datasets, and reproducible workflows, with on-site work in Seattle and occasional field or telework per contract

Qualifications

• PhD in statistics, fisheries, ecology, or related natural sciences.
• Ten+ years of relevant experience with NOAA West Coast species/habitats.
• Excellent written and spoken communication; peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong quantitative skills and extensive experience in statistical modeling.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical analysis to inform management decisions.
• Statistically analyze spatial and temporal variability in processes experienced by migrating salmon in river systems.
• Analyze survival and migration patterns through hydropower systems and across salmon life cycles.
• Analyze and generate relationships between fish responses and stressors such as environmental or ecological conditions, habitat metrics, and management actions.
• Develop novel probabilistic mathematical and simulation models representing ecological and behavioral processes using modern statistical methods.
• Provide statistical support for other researchers during study design and analysis.
• Organize and curate ecological datasets relevant to mark-recapture modeling needs.
• Document and share reproducible research workflows and analytical protocols.

Skills

Bayesian statistics

Mark-recapture methods

R programming

Stan

JAGS

Linux scripting

Data analysis

Open science

C/C++ familiarity

Education

PhD in statistics, fisheries, ecology, or related

Tools

Linux shell

Git

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lynker is seeking a Senior Fisheries Data Scientist to support NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, focusing on salmon survival, migration, and mark-recapture modeling. The role involves high-level statistical modeling, data analysis, and collaboration with researchers to inform management actions.

The position emphasizes Bayesian methods, large ecological datasets, and reproducible workflows, with on-site work in Seattle and occasional field or telework per contract