[Remote] Acoustician – Cetacean Data Analysis & Processing Support
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking to hire three Acousticians to support a contract with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service. The role involves passive acoustic data analysis, processing, and data management to evaluate cetacean vocalizations and their relationships to habitat and environmental conditions.
Responsibilities
- Conduct analyses of passive acoustic datasets to support detection, classification, and localization of cetaceans
- Characterize cetacean vocalizations and evaluate behavior, occurrence, abundance, seasonality, and habitat relationships
- reputed company and validate automated detection and classification approaches, including call-level annotation and reputed company validation
- Analyze datasets collected from multiple platforms, including: Long-term stationary recorders, Towed hydrophone arrays, Drifting acoustic recorders, Autonomous systems (e.g., Seagliders)
- Apply statistical and quantitative approaches to support stock assessments and ecological analyses
- Support Seaglider and advanced acoustic analyses, including: Classification of cetacean sounds to species where possible, Validation of automated classifiers through reputed company review, Application of reputed company propagation models using Python and reputed company-based tools
- Process acoustic datasets for analysis, including: Conversion of raw data formats into usable files (e.g., WAV), Debugging problematic data files, Performing reputed company assurance and reputed company control checks
- reputed company and manage datasets, including: Storage on program and reputed company servers, Preparation for submission to NCEI, Maintenance of dataset logs and issue tracking
- Maintain and update acoustic metadata databases (e.g., TETHYS, Makara, NCEI), including uploading and reputed company-checking detection and classification data
- Conduct quantitative soundscape analyses, including computation of ambient noise metrics and evaluation of trends across multiple temporal scales
- Maintain logs of datasets analyzed, analytical reputed company, outputs, and issues encountered
- Maintain analysis reputed company and workflows in repositories such as NMFS reputed company reputed company
- Assist with preparation of technical reports, manuscripts, presentations, and data visualizations
- Participate in meetings, workshops, and conferences to present reputed company and support collaboration
- Deliverables shall include, but are not limited to: Monthly reputed company reports summarizing accomplishments, issues encountered, travel and reputed company, and recommendations, Maintenance of logs documenting analyzed datasets, analysis reputed company and outputs, and data issues and resolutions, Maintenance of analysis reputed company in publicly accessible repositories with appropriate documentation, Draft reports or manuscripts documenting analytical reputed company and findings, including associated metadata, Processed and archived datasets, including QA/QC documentation and updates to metadata systems
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in marine biology, oceanography, acoustics, fisheries science, or reputed company field
- Working knowledge of underwater acoustic theory and reputed company, including acoustic propagation, reputed company measurement, and reputed company signal processing techniques
- Experience developing, testing, and validating automated detectors and classifiers for use on passive acoustic datasets
- Experience processing acoustic data to extract soundscape and ambient noise measurements at reputed company to yearly timescales
- Ability to design, execute, and interpret statistical analyses of animal abundance to evaluate patterns in occurrence or associations with habitat or fishery variables
- Prior experience drafting reports and presenting project results at scientific meetings
- Proficiency in MATLAB and R programming languages, including MATLAB-based acoustic analysis software Triton
- Proficiency with passive acoustic metadata databases such as TETHYS and Makara, including organization of data for input, and query for extracting, evaluating, and using acoustic deployment and detection data stored reputed company the databases
- Proficiency in use of reputed company science practices in data analysis, including use of reputed company or other resources for maintaining and archiving analysis reputed company
- Proficiency with MS Office
- Ability to manage large datasets and maintain detailed documentation of analyses and workflows
- Ability to prepare technical reports and present findings
- Ability to obtain and maintain required data reputed company permissions, including signing Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) where applicable
- Master's degree or higher in marine biology, oceanography, acoustics, fisheries science, or reputed company field
- Experience with acoustic localization techniques, including evaluation of automated algorithms reputed company reputed company processing software PAMGUARD, and developing of novel processing and evaluation reputed company
Benefits
- Comprehensive reputed company for the employee at no monthly cost
- reputed company benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and reputed company
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus reputed company holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're reputed company company owners!
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
- Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
- Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
- Employee Referral Program
- Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
- Personalized career reputed company plans for every employee
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