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The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position; UAS Aerial Researcher with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.

 

Salary: $31.38 per hour.

 

Travel: Occasional overnight travel may be required.

 

Required Skills:

  • Experience in developing, building, and testing environmental sensors and samplers;
  • Strong written, oral, and electronic communication skills;
  • Experience programming in Python, R, or other scripting languages; and
  • Experience with Microsoft Excel, Google Earth, and instrument operation software.

 

Qualifications

  • Be at least 18 years of age and
  • Have earned at least a master’s degree in the fields of geospatial science, geography, ecology, environmental science, engineering, physical sciences or a related field from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
  • Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.

 

EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.

 

What the EPA project is about

 

The Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling (CEMM) conducts research to advance the Agency’s ability to measure and model contaminants in the environment, including research to provide fundamental methods and models needed to implement environmental statutes. CEMM’s research involves.

 

  • Occurrence, fate, and transport in the natural environment;
  • Regulatory methods and models;
  • Tools to inform and evaluate environmental management practices and policies;
  • Environmental indicators;
  • Sampling for environmental characterization; and
  • Contaminants of emerging concern.

 

ORD has recently initiated use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, drones) to support its mission for environmental measurements. This position will serve on this UAS aerial sampling team.

 

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent master’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:

 

  • Design development, and testing of hardware systems for aerial environmental sampling of gases and particles from a UAS platform;
  • Quality control of environmental data;
  • Development of software for analysis of data; and
  • Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.

 

Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org