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Location: SEATTLE, WA
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Job Type: Part Time

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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 3<BR><BR><BR>Req #: 86750<BR>Department: JOINT INSTITUTE FOR STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE & OCEAN<BR>Appointing Department Web Address: http://jisao.washington.edu<BR>Job Location: Sand Point<BR>Job Location Detail: NOAA/PMEL, Sand Point <BR>Posting Date: 09/27/2012 <BR>Closing Info: Open Until Filled <BR>Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience and education. <BR>Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position,click here. <BR><BR><BR>The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation?s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.<BR><BR>A leader in the environmental sciences, the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) is a Cooperative Institute between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Washington that fosters collaborative research on a broad range of global and regional topics of concern and interest to the public.<BR><BR>JISAO has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist/Engineer 3 in the Research Services Division at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory at Sand Point in Seattle.<BR><BR>RESPONSIBILITIES:<BR>This position will work closely with other scientists and engineers conducting interdisciplinary oceanographic and atmospheric research in support of ongoing efforts in the areas of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts; prediction and assessment of decadal to centennial environmental change; building sustainable U.S. fisheries; advancing short-term warnings and forecast services, etc. <BR><BR>The incumbent, independently or as part of a research team, will evaluate, select and apply standardized or non-standardized scientific and engineering procedures and techniques to the design, development, testing, evaluation or experimentation of various types of advanced and novel marine instrumentation, processes, and systems. Continual improvement of work practices and investigative activities are frequently aimed at developing new and improved equipment in order to advance the current state of technology.<BR><BR>Assigned work is under the general guidance of more senior research engineers and frequently within a multidisciplinary research team environment. The incumbent will receive instruction on specific, overall assignment objectives, complex features, and possible technical approaches, and then work independently on the project''s goals. Assistance is furnished on unusual problems, and work is reviewed for application of innovative and sound professional judgment.<BR><BR>Responsibilities include managing projects and/or leading specific tasks within the project s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             </font></td>
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