Bioacoustics job posting with Ocean Associates at Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

[Erin Oleson - NOAA Federal <>]

Ocean Associates, Inc. is seeking candidates for a BioAcoustician to work with the Cetacean Research Program at NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This position is a full-time one year contract with the possibility of renewal based on job performance and availability of funding. Limited funds for travel to conferences, workshops, or field work are available. This position may include field work, including travel away from home for up to 2 months per year.

The successful candidate will assist staff of the Cetacean Research Program with analysis of existing long-term autonomous datasets for cetacean presence, characterization of anthropogenic noise, and measurement of ambient and received sound levels. Opportunities for involvement with other passive acoustics projects, including towed array and fisheries monitoring, may also be possible.

Job duties:

1. Analyze existing and incoming long-term acoustic datasets collected from the central and western pacific for baleen whale and odontocete occurrence and seasonality. Previous experience with classification, detection, or localization software and techniques is required.

2. Assist in maintenance and deployment of autonomous recorders, including instrument preparation, breakdown, and quality control of incoming datasets.

3. Maintenance of acoustic datasets, including documentation of acoustic data quality, analysis effort, and archiving of data and analysis products.

Minimum qualifications:

• Master’s degree in oceanography, biology, engineering, computer science or other relevant field from an accredited institution or equivalent experience

• Two years experience with bioacoustic instrumentation, data processing, and analysis

• Proficient in Matlab

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident

• Able to pass government background security check, required for working within a government facility.

Preferred qualifications:

• PhD in oceanography, biology, engineering, computer science or other relevant field

• Five or more years experience in analysis of large volume, long-term datasets, evidenced by publication in peer-reviewed journals.

• Proficiency in R and XML or other database programming languages

Excellent employee benefits are provided including paid medical insurance, and holiday, vacation and sick leave. The work location will be at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The position requires access to Federal office buildings or ships and communication networks. Applicants must have US citizenship or right to work documents that do not expire during the contract period, combined with two years of US residency before the start of employment. Ocean Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any status or condition protected by applicable federal or state law.

A complete application package includes recent CV detailing qualifications and experience with marine mammal acoustic datasets, and names and contact information for at least two professional references. Review of candidates will begin on June 12, 2013 and preference will be given to applicants that submit a full application prior to that date. Top candidates will be interviewed by phone or in-person in late-June.

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please email your application packet to

Jobs*at*OceanAssoc.com

and use “5046 Acoustician” as the subject line. PDF documents are preferred and please include your name in the file name.