Jacobs is hiring: Atmospheric Data Analyst in Huntsville

Jacobs is hiring an Atmospheric Data Analyst in Huntsville, AL

to manage terrestrial and planetary data for the Terrestrial and Planetary Environments Team. Responsibilities include developing tools for data archiving, quality control, and performing analyses for space vehicle operations. The role offers professional growth opportunities, a comprehensive benefits package, and flexible schedules with potential remote work a few days a week.

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Overview:

As an Atmospheric Data Analyst, the candidate will maintain archives of terrestrial and planetary data acquired by the Terrestrial and Planetary Environments (T&PE) Team of the Natural Environments Branch, located at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The development/deployment platforms are Windows, Mac, and Linux-based and Python is the primary programming language involved. An important part of the T&PE’s mission is to provide robust analyses of terrestrial environment parameters for the design and operation of space vehicles using climatologies. Therefore, the candidate will help maintain/develop tools used to archive and quality control (QC) meteorological data received from launch sites. The candidate will also ensure that data from the launch sites are available for day-of-launch (DOL) applications, perform system administrative tasks on virtual machines and data servers, and conduct analyses of the terrestrial environment as needed.

Duties will include the following:

• Developing and maintaining programs, scripts, and tools used to archive meteorological data received from launch sites.
• Maintaining data flow on virtual machines and a local data server.
• Advancing QC methods implemented on meteorological data that are received.
• Serving in roles that provide DOL situational awareness and/or meteorological data to be uploaded to the vehicle.
• Performing analyses of terrestrial environment data, as needed.
• Presenting results to the NASA customer and at conferences.
• Publishing results in appropriate journals.