Research Scientist II, Step 1-4

Job no

503871

Department

Earth System Science Center

Work type

Staff Full-time Exempt

Location

Alabama

Categories

Research - Environmental

Purpose of the Position

The EarthRISE Project Office, within the Lab for Applied Science (LAS) under the Earth System Science Center (ESSC), is seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist with exceptional skills in applied agriculture, hydrology, water resource management, and geospatial artificial intelligence. Operating within Earth Action, the EarthRISE project office focuses on developing last-mile solutions, improving coordinated action across NASA Earth Science, and fostering workforce development. EarthRISE is actively involved in developing applications in water resources, agriculture, and their critical intersection to support state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector stakeholders.

A successful candidate will lead and execute applied research leveraging Earth observations to address complex, real-world challenges such as consumptive water use, irrigation demand, drought impacts, flood mapping, and mitigation. This role requires deep domain expertise in the intersection of water and agriculture, utilizing advanced modeling and remote sensing applications (e.g., land surface hydrologic/hydraulic modeling, crop-specific remote sensing and modeling, reservoir management, and surface water level monitoring). Additionally, the candidate will make extensive use of very high-resolution commercial satellite data. A geospatial data expert who can apply sophisticated AI/ML techniques directly to Earth science and spatial datasets is sought, rather than an AI/ML generalist.

EarthRISE is a project of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that works in collaboration with state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners to use information provided by Earth observing satellites and geospatial technologies for managing enviro...