Operations Engineer

The Bay Area Environmental Research (BAER) Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on enabling and conducting research in Earth and space science, is seeking an operations engineer for the NASA Ames Earth Science Division with experience in large earth observation data/code management, data processing pipeline development and delivery, and client management. Particularly, the engineer will participate in developing and delivering remote-sensing-based landscape change monitoring products and associated processing pipelines.

The position will work with the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX; https://nasa.gov/nex) at NASA Ames Research Center. NEX combines state-of-the-art supercomputing, Earth system modeling, and NASA remote sensing data feeds to deliver a work environment for exploring and analyzing terabyte- to petabyte-scale datasets covering large regions.

The position is located at NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, CA, and is initially for 2 years with the possibility of extension. Telework and remote work may be available and must comport with the position requirements. Expected start date is fall 2024.

Essential Job Duties

• Work closely with the project team on data collection, algorithm development and evaluation, processing pipeline development and delivery;

• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, and Data teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data and computing infrastructure needs;

• Prepare project progress and final reports, and present them to partners;

• Develop documentation and training materials to allow team members and partners to successfully operate the data processing pipeline;

• Manage project data storage;

• Build and maintain project code repositories;

• Contribute to the research community in Ames Earth Science division and beyond;

Minimum/ Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or greater in computer science, a physical science, engineering;

• Experience of creating, maintaining, and delivering optimal data and processing pipeline architecture;

• Experience on high performance computing (HPC) environments;

• Proficiency with Linux and Linux Systems administration and diagnostic tools;

• Experience on developing and maintaining appropriate documentation and training materials to allow team members and customers of various backgrounds and disciplines to successfully operate;

• Experience on git for code management and version controlling;

• Must be able to communicate effectively with a broad spectrum of coworkers;

• Must have excellent customer service skills;

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on handling large and various geospatial data types including satellite and airborne remote sensing data;

To be considered for this position

• Please submit a cover letter (usually one to two pages) to ‘werc_hire@baeri.org’ with subject line “NEX-WERC Cluster 3: your name” stating the applicant's interest in the project, prior research experience and/or projects of particular relevance, areas of interest, key competencies, and anticipated date of availability. Include also a full CV and the names of three references. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. Review of applications will begin on March 15th, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.