Research Scientist

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $90k - $107k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧬 Research Scientist

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SETI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

SETI is Sanad Foundation for Certified Training and Education, a foundation that provides accredited professional training and academic programs. It offers online and in-person courses, professional diplomas, master's and Ph. D. programs, and government- and apostille-recognized certifications. SETI collaborates with trainers and training centers to deliver flexible, career-focused programs aimed at developing practical skills in areas such as human resources, business administration, and risk management.

📋 Description

• Oversee the selection and download of six years of TESS Full Frame Image data from NASA's Quick Look Pipeline (QLP) and assemble a complete time-domain dataset to create a new catalog of young stars across all TESS sectors. • Perform rigorous data quality assessments to quantify systematic effects in TESS light curves and utilize advanced computing skills to conduct deep statistical analyses of the time series. • Run complex simulations to understand biases, uncertainties, and completeness limits in the team's astronomical catalog, while developing physical computer models of variability processes operating on and around young stars. • Oversee team meetings, mentor interns, and actively participate in astronomy meetings to foster a collaborative and educational research environment. • Take a lead role in scientific communication by writing and submitting major project results for publication, and presenting on behalf of the team at high-level domestic and international conferences.

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in astronomy/astrophysics or physics, backed by at least three years of postdoctoral research experience. • Expertise in the variability of young stars ("YSOs"), preferably with an established portfolio of publications in this specific area. • Documented history of working with time series photometry from ground and/or space telescopes. • Software coding experience in Python, Matlab, or an equivalent programming language.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage • retirement benefits • paid time off • professional development opportunities • other employee programs