Junior Researcher jobs in Gulfport, MS

Job Summary 
Work closely with the USM Marine Science faculty on the continued development of an ocean data collection system in the Mississippi Bight region with a focus on developing capabilities for autonomous platforms to repetitively map the seafloor and water column parameters. The successful candidate will work under the mobile bathymetry and water column data collection system task of the project titled “High-Resolution Coastal Test Area Sensor and Model Development.” The project aims to improve the predictive capability of coastal ocean models supported by real-time observations of key coastal environmental variables.

The research topic includes real-time survey planning onboard the autonomous platform, developing and executing autonomous data collection missions, new data processing techniques for bathymetric and water column data collected with multi-frequency multibeam sonars.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to present research findings at scientific conferences, meetings, and workshops. Publish articles in scientific journals and contribute to and write new funding proposals.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities  

1. Write algorithms in Python to process multibeam data.
2. Develop visualization tools for complex multidimensional data
3. Install, Integrate, and calibrate bathymetric sonars and positioning and orientation systems on the autonomous platform
4. Collect and process multibeam multi-frequency backscatter and bathymetric data using an autonomous platform.
5. Conduct original research in the field of Hydrography, Ocean mapping
6. Present the results of original research at regional, national, and international scientific conferences, workshops, and meetings.
7. Performs other duties as assigned.