Post Bachelors Research Associate - Marine Technology

Marine Research Associate

The Coastal Sciences Division at PNNL is seeking a marine research associate to join a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists that develop and test various marine technologies. Projects include integrating commercially available sensors and in-house developed sensors for monitoring the environment, working with autonomous vehicles, and supporting marine energy applications. Hands-on engineering will be a large part of this role.

As a Research Associate, the candidate will be working with a mentor and peers with electrical and mechanical engineering expertise. This position is located at PNNL-Sequim.

The candidate can expect to:

• Perform common and novel electrical wiring and soldering tasks as directed by project principal investigators or task leads.
• Perform common and novel mechanical drafting, fabrication, and assembly tasks as directed by project principal investigators or task leads.
• Translate design requirements from a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers into engineering specifications.
• Support researchers and engineers collecting data in a dynamic marine environment.
• Contribute to design documentation and scientific reporting on testing and results.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must have received a Bachelor's degree within the past 24 months or within the next 8 months from an accredited college or university.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in biological, chemical, electrical or ocean engineering, with field experience collecting and analyzing sensor data.
• Experience deploying, calibrating and troubleshooting marine sensors.
• Experience working in an ocean engineering context or general marine environment.
• Technical writing experience.
• Ability to read schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Electrical and mechanical CAD software experience.
• Software programming and data analysis experience in Python, R, C, C++, Matlab or equivalent.