http://www.awi.de/en/news/open_positions/potsdam_berlin/detail/item/engineer_f_m/
Engineer (f / m)
Division:Geosciences
The Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Potsdam division of ”Periglacial Science”, research group “Sensitivity of the permafrost system’s water and energy balance under changing climate” is seeking to appoint an
Engineer (f / m)
Tasks:
The job holder will be responsible for controlling and maintaining the long term automated soil, climate and eddy covariance stations at remote Arctic field sites (Siberia, Spitsbergen), as well as importing the data into Matlab, SQL and Pangea databases. This also requires testing of sensors in the laboratories at AWI prior to set up and organizing the field work.
Furthermore new and innovative environmental monitoring systems should be developed and evaluated.
Requirements:
Degree in environmental or geosciences, electrical engineering or a comparable qualification;
Programming skills (SQL, Matlab), excellent team work capabilities in a multidisciplinary team, fluency in English and German (written and spoken), field work experience, willingness to participate regularly in expeditions to Svalbard and Siberia.
Beneficial:
Experience in eddy covariance systems, experience with Campbell Scientific data loggers.
For further information, please contact Julia Boike: Julia.Boike(at)awi.de.
This position has a two-year limitation, with the option to become a permanent employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst des Bundes (TVöD-Bund).
The AWI aims to increase the number of female employees within the scientific staff and especially invites female scientists to apply for the position. Handicapped applicants with comparable qualifications receive preferential status. Please see the notification on our homepage under http://www.awi.de/en/news/open_positions/.
AWI supports balanced work-life career development via a variety of schemes.
Applications should include curriculum vitae, two letters of reference and copies of certifications. Please quote the reference number 89/G/Kli-P-tt and send applications before December 18th to:
PO Box 60 01 49
14401 Potsdam
Germany
Further information: http://www.awi.de/en, and http://www.awi.de/en/go/sparc
-- Julia Boike Alfred-Wegener-Institut | SPARC Telegrafenberg A6 | 14473 Potsdam | Germany +49 331/288-2119 | www.awi.de/en/go/sparc Latest papers in press: Major impact of ponds and lakes for permafrost CO2 emissions http://www.agu.org/journals/gb/gb1202/2011GB004237/ Permafrost and recarbonization of the biosphere http://www.springerlink.com/content/t523224x108m0uq8/ Subpixel heterogeneity of ice-wedge polygonal tundra http://www.tellusb.net/index.php/tellusb/article/view/17301
