Autonomous Underwater Glider Technician, Level 1

Job description

Overview Lynker is seeking to hire an Autonomous Underwater Glider Technician, Level 1 to support a contract with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), Ecosystem Science Division (ESD). This is a full-time position anticipated to begin upon contract award. Hiring for this position will be contingent on contract award.* Lynker will be operating under its FLOAT joint venture. The SWFSC supports NMFS’s mission by collecting data to monitor the species and health of marine ecosystems on the U.S. West Coast and in Antarctica. We use autonomous technology, specifically autonomous underwater gliders (“gliders”), to collect data on the pelagic environments in the Southern and Pacific Oceans. These data are used to understand the ecological impacts of fishing in Antarctica, and will augment data collected on quarterly California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) surveys in the California Current. The SWFSC maintains and operates a fleet of gliders that use a variety of novel instruments to observe the ocean ecosystem. These systems include standard oceanographic instruments (conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sens...