Data Publication Engineer Job at Red Canyon Engineering & Software
Do you want to help a small company make a BIG difference in space? Do you take ownership of your job and responsibility for your actions? Then come work for Red Canyon and help us continue our mission of helping humankind reach the stars!
Red Canyon is seeking an experienced, highly motivated Data Publication Engineer to support an exciting project for our JPL/NASA customer. The selected candidate will participate in publication of physical oceanographic datasets along with tools/services integration within a publicly accessible archive. Candidate should have experience in writing technical/scientific documentation and using/generating data products that follow Earth science metadata standards and common scientific data formats such as GeoTIFF, HDF, and netCDF using software tools that are common to the Earth science community.
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
Working within an agile, schedule-driven team to facilitate efficient, high quality data publication, following established protocols and guidelines.- Coordinating the planning, reporting, and execution of assigned publication tasks.
- Executing data/metadata consistency and conformity to NASA standards
- Identifying and performing potential transformations/re-packaging to enhance the usage of data.
- Coordinating the assessment and execution of dataset retirement when applicable.
- Developing supplemental read software, python notebooks, binders, data recipes and approaches for efficient and high-quality analysis and verification of the integrity and scientific application of datasets ingested into the archive.
- Improving levels of service and usability of the datasets, including metadata, documentation, visualizations/animations, and facilitation/verification of tools/services integration.
- Function as a subject-matter-expert (SME) and provide scientific and technical support for a variety of physical oceanography datasets and corresponding distribution tools and services.
- Contributing to improving PO.DAAC services and infrastructure for data access and user acceptance testing as needed for various Tools and Services.
- Working within a dynamic project environment in which multiple teams are regularly engaged with shared dependencies and deliverables.
- Reporting status on all assigned tasks on a regular basis.
Required Clearance
Clearance is not required for this position
Location
The candidate will be required to work in Pasadena CA
Education and Years of Experience
M.S or Ph.D. in physical oceanography or other related Earth science discipline with a minimum of 8 years of related experience.
This position requires a U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.
Requirements:
- Proficiency working in a UNIX/Linux command-line environment by scripting and executing code.
- Must have solid experience using Python language.
- Experience in drafting and publishing scientific manuscripts.
- Knowledgeable of broad areas of remote sensing (Active/Passive Microwave, Radar Altimetry/Scatterometry, GNSS-R, Optical), particularly NASA Earth Observation data, but may also include instrumentation from NOAA, ESA, EUMETSAT, JAXA, etc.
- Knowledge of the key physical oceanography data parameters commonly used in fundamental research.
- Proficiency with scientific data languages commonly used for Earth science data, including one or more of the following: Python (required), MATLAB, R, IDL.
- Experience with reading, subsetting, interpreting, and utilizing geospatially referenced and structured data for research and applications.
- Experience with scientific software tools (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks/Binders, NCO, GDAL, HDF library, ArcGIS)
- Familiarity and experience in common NASA Earth science metadata standards (ISO19115, CMR/UMM) and conventions (Climate and Forecasting; Attribute Conventions for Dataset Discovery).
- Ability to analyze requirements and operational needs in line with the project/customer needs and constraints.
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, such as demonstrated ability to work with the Earth science community, NASA science teams and/or project managers.
- Excellent technical writing skills and strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience with version control (i.e. GitHub) and agile development practices.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a dynamic team environment while dealing with multiple issues, tasks, and priorities concurrently.
- Demonstrated excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Ability to solve critical problems on-the-fly with targeted execution in decision-making.
- Willingness to present and participate in relevant information exchange discussions at science conferences and technical workshops.
Red Canyon Engineering and Software:
“Exploring Other Planets, Improving our Own”
Red Canyon contracts with NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, and DOD, in addition to customers such as Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, Sierra Nevada Corporation, a.i. solutions, Walt Disney Imagineering, SAIC, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, Honeywell, KBRwyle, Maxar, Blue Origin, and Moog. We specialize in building spacecraft, developing renewable energy technologies to help make our planet a better world and cutting edge research and development. Our disciplines include systems engineering, mechanical design, structural analysis, real time flight and ground software, simulation software, user interface software, and mission management software. We help our contractors with the full life cycle of product development from requirements to test and delivery.
Some of the programs we have previously or currently worked on include: Human Lander System, Artemis I-II, WorldView Legion V, Perseverance, InSight Dream Chaser, Psyche, Mars 98, Odyssey 01, Stardust, Genesis and Deep Impact, Mars Phoenix, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Orion, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, GOES-R, OSIRIS-REx, Maven, JUNO, Grail, and the MarsFlight and LunarSIM Simulation. We also work on classified programs.
Red Canyon’s home office is located in scenic Denver, Colorado, and our regional office is in historic downtown Titusville, Florida. We are a small company that maintains a flat organization to decrease our overhead and costs to our customers. Our number one focus is to solve some of the most complicated engineering problems humankind is facing.
We have a fun and talented team of engineers and we are committed to our engineers continued success and development. Included in our employment package are immediate HUBZone bonus, health benefits, profit sharing, referral bonuses, and a generous 401(K) retirement plan.
Red Canyon Software, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Red Canyon Software, Inc does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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