Scientists at ESR have a broad skillset and a wide range of scientific interests.

Overview

  • Satellite remote sensing
  • Ocean and atmospheric data collection and analysis
  • Numerical modeling of oceans, tides, sea ice and ice shelves
  • Ocean-atmosphere interaction
  • Ocean-Ice shelf interaction
  • Polar meteorology
  • Paleoclimate studies
  • Cryosphere
  • Verification of urban heat island interventions
  • Educational programs

Technical Skills

  • MATLAB, Python, FORTRAN, JavaScript
  • Numerical ocean and sea ice and ice shelves models on High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities
  • Cloud Computing: Google Earth Engine, Cryocloud
  • Data serving through AWS buckets
  • Git
  • NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) certifications
  • Instrument development
  • Remote field work (see below)

NASA Science Teams

  • ICESat-2 laser altimeter
  • Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
  • Ocean Vector Winds
  • Ocean Surface Topography
  • Ocean Salinity

Educational and Outreach Activities

  • Northeastern University (NU) Seattle educational collaboration
  • High School Summer Research Institute
  • High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Internships
  • Seattle-area science fairs and STEM events
  • Curriculum development with local and regional teachers
  • Talks and demonstrations to community groups and schools

Field Work Skills & Experiences

  • PNW mountain and backcountry field work
  • Arctic sea ice camps
  • Antarctic research cruises, sea ice camps, airborne geophysical surveys
  • Arctic and Antarctic polar ice sheet field camps
  • Ice core projects
  • Long-line hydrographic cruises
  • Ocean process study cruises

Facilities

  • Unix- Based Servers
  • Machine Learning System featuring 24-core CPU, 192 GB DDR5 memory, 48GB NVIDIA GPU
  • High performance workstations (16-64 core CPUS, 128-256 GB memory)
  • Data Storage
  • Instrumentation Workshop

ESR Employee Benefits

  • Flexible work environment: office in U. District of Seattle, remote office, full-time or part-time employment
  • Excellent medical and dental care plans
  • Employer-paid contribution to retirement
  • Merged public holiday, vacation and sick leave (“paid time off”)
  • Company pays for time spent on management, proposal writing, paper and proposal reviewing and panel participation, and other indirect activities
  • Desktop and laptop per employee, and IT support