Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Specialist

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

Salary: $32.01 per hour.

Travel: No overnight travel will be required.

Required Skills:

• Experience in scientific coding and/or computational methods;
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as FORTRAN, Python, MATLAB, etc.;
• Experience working with output data sets from atmospheric or environmental models and/or geospatial data;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively with minimal supervision; and
• Strong written, oral, and electronic communication skills.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education

• Experience with any of the following: Linux scripting, git, GitHub, box modeling of atmospheric chemistry, chemical transport modeling;
• Experience with design and/or testing of atmospheric chemical reactions; and
• Experience with regional or global atmospheric models.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age and
• Have earned at least a Master’s degree in atmospheric science, physical sciences (such as chemistry or physics), engineering, statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related scientific or technological 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 & Modeling (CEMM) conducts research to advance EPA’s ability to measure and model contaminants in the environment, including research to provide fundamental methods and models needed to implement environmental statutes. Within CEMM, the Atmospheric & Environmental Systems Modeling Division (AESMD) conducts research to advance EPA’s ability to characterize atmospheric and environmental processes that impact the transport, transformation, and fate of environmental contaminants in the air and the multimedia linkages of air pollutant emissions in support of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

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

• Writing and documenting code;
• Interpreting and summarizing work in progress, including presenting findings to collaborators;
• Curation and quality control of metadata for CRACMM including interaction with GitHub repositories; 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