Electrical Engineer for Optical Instrumentation and Remote Sensing Lab

2 weeks ago


Mountain View, United States Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Full time

Job DescriptionJob Description

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 electrical engineer for the NASA Ames Earth Science Division with experience in optical remote sensing and thermal measurement/management

as it applies to airborne remote sensing platforms. Particularly, the engineer will work with legacy remote sensing systems in a Tier 1 optical calibration lab for maintaining, development, and deployment of airborne sensors.

About the NASA Ames Airborne Sensor Facility:

The NASA Airborne Sensor Facility has been in operation since the 1980’s supporting various satellite imaging platform calibration and validation, as well as a variety of airborne research activities for the NASA Earth Science Division. It conducts engineering development of remote sensing instrumentation, real-time payload communications systems, and supports their operational use on science field campaigns. The ASF maintains a suite of facility instruments that are made available for use by NASA- approved research projects, with all resulting data being made available free of charge through public archives. These data are typically used for fundamental earth science process studies, satellite calibration and validation, development of retrieval algorithms, and disaster response. The ASF is a multidisciplinary research and engineering group operating out of NASA Ames, located in Mountain View, California.

The ASF is looking for an electrical engineer with a “Jack of All Trades” mentality but leaning towards electronics as applied to detectors and sensors of various descriptions.

Minimum Required Qualifications: Education: BS in Electrical Engineering Skills: -Board Design/Layout, and coordinating that activity with outside vendors -Wiring -Field experience acting as field technician -Software/Coding for in-house built hardware -Analog circuit design -Troubleshooting electronics and noise features -Will involve travel and occasional filling in a role as a field technician.

Preferred Qualifications: - Prior Airborne Instrument experience - Knowledge of CAD software (ie. Solidworks) - Experience coding with any of the following: C/C++, Python, Labview - Prior experience with Optical remote sensing - Prior experience in Thermal

measurement/management

Company DescriptionABOUT BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Bay Area Environmental Research (BAER) Institute is a growing, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and conducting research in science, particularly atmospheric and space science. Since its establishment in 1993, BAER has become well recognized nationally for its significant contributions to various fields of scientific research. BAER’s clientele include various federal government agencies, and BAER has had a long-standing collaborative relationship with NASA. The Institute’s research and program leadership activities with NASA include work with both the Earth Science and Space Science Divisions at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. BAER has developed and maintained an outstanding reputation for its project management, financial reporting, and program and partnership development capabilities as well as for its resourcefulness in providing expert scientists, researchers, and support staff for mission-critical Agency projects.Company DescriptionABOUT BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE\rBay Area Environmental Research (BAER) Institute is a growing, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and conducting research in science, particularly atmospheric and space science.

Since its establishment in 1993, BAER has become well recognized nationally for its significant contributions to various fields of scientific research.

BAER’s clientele include various federal government agencies, and BAER has had a long-standing collaborative relationship with NASA.

The Institute’s research and program leadership activities with NASA include work with both the Earth Science and Space Science Divisions at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

BAER has developed and maintained an outstanding reputation for its project management, financial reporting, and program and partnership development capabilities as well as for its resourcefulness in providing expert scientists, researchers, and support staff for mission-critical Agency projects.

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