CIRES / Wall Ocean Acoustic Associate Scientist

Requisition Number: 58920

Location: Boulder Colorado

Employment Type: Research Faculty

Schedule: Full Time

Posting Close Date: 06-Sep-2024

Date Posted:

Job Summary

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado in Boulder has an opening for an associate scientist to evaluate and automate soundscape condition methods using unsupervised separation.

Recent collaborative efforts have produced standardized data products from passive acoustic monitoring data. The standardization provides an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of soundscapes, including general features and conditions. As the community produces these standardized products there is a need to be able to work with existing tools to explore the data and incorporate into resource management or shared across ocean observing data. The focus of this project is to expand existing tools to incorporate this new data format and explore cutting edge data science methods to understand variability in soundscape data.

The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

At CIRES , more than 950 environmental science professionals work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people's relationship with the planet. CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at Earth's poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, solid Earth sciences, and more. Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Update and generalize existing code to work with standardized data products to explore the soundscape features present in a soundscape (60%)

Triton, a matlab-based acoustic data processing program, has existing tools (e.g. clustering remora and neural net) to extract features from spectral data, yet the code was built for other applications. Generalization of the code will provide an important tool for the community to use to explore and understand the salient features within soundscape data.

Research, apply, and evaluate existing methodology for separating soundscape data into dominant conditions (e.g. constant, repeating, diverse) (40%):

Data sets to work with included a year of data from three sites- Stellwagen Bank (SB03), Chukchi Sea (CH01), and Gray's Reef (GR01).

What You Should Know

This is a one-year appointment.

Applicants must be currently authorized to legally work in the United States on a half-time basis (20 hours per week). Please note that those applicants requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered for this position.

Given project deliverables, the targeted start date for this position is in September, 2024.

This position will be rostered in CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder.

What We Can Offer

CIRES offers a generous and comprehensive compensation package.

The annual hiring salary range for this position is $62,500. For this 20 hour per week appointment it will be prorated and equal to a salary of $31,250 annually. Salary is commensurate with education and experience and determined based on our CIRES internal career track classification.

This position can accommodate a remote work modality.

Boulder is a vibrant community with access to mountain parks, dog parks, miles of trails, rivers, lakes, cafes, restaurants, boutiques, theaters, museums, and sports venues. Boulder was recently ranked as one of the top places to live in the U.S. by U.S. News .

As an employee at CU Boulder, you receive a pass allowing free access to the regional public transit system , which is an outstanding network of buses and light rail systems that provide service within Boulder and connect to Denver, the Denver airport, and surrounding communities.

CIRES and the University of Colorado Boulder offer a robust training curriculum, opportunities for professional development and a Mentorship Program.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder .

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What We Require

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, data science, or related field

Advanced programming experience in Matlab or Python, including developing own programs/ functions and modifying existing code

Experience with version control systems when working collaboratively on code

Experience building interfaces to code, including GUIs for selecting parameters

Experience working collaboratively on developing products for community of practitioners

What You Will Need

Desire and ability to work in a diverse and collaborative environment

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Knowledge of python, machine learning, and github

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Resume or CV.

Cover letter addressed to the Search Committee briefly describing your qualifications, professional goals, and how this position aligns with your research interests.

Although not required at the time of application, please be ready to submit information for 1 professional reference (must be a supervisor or professor) who will provide a letter of recommendation. All information is kept confidential and shared only with the search committee members.

If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit a translated version as an optional attachment.

This position will close on September 6, 2024.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder .

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-Wall-Ocean-Acoustic-Associate-Scientist/58920

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