Space Weather Instrument Scientist

Space Weather Instrument Scientist

BAS - British Antarctic Survey

Cambridge, United Kingdom

You’ll be joining our Space Weather and Atmosphere (SWA) science team. Within the “Protecting Coastal and Technical Infrastructure” theme of the new BAS Science Strategy (Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet) the SWA team aims to deliver the evidence required to mitigate impacts of space weather and space debris on critical technology.

This includes:

• Developing models of radiation belt variability to protect satellites.
• Measuring the heating and variability of the upper atmosphere to assess the risk of collisions between space debris and satellites.
• Determining how and when electrical currents in the upper atmosphere pose the greatest risk to power supplies.

Some of your main responsibilities will include:

• Plan annual instrument maintenance with the engineering, polar operations and Antarctic on-site teams.
• Visit Antarctic regularly to provide scientific oversight and assistance (typically for 3 months every other year).
• Supervise the delivery of data in consultation with instrument PIs.
• Contribute to SWA research using your instrument expertise, including the application of instrument data to whole atmosphere and radiation belt models.

For the role of Space Weather Instrument Scientist, we are looking for somebody who has:

• Training to at least undergraduate degree level or equivalent in a physical science or engineering.
• Experience of computer programing (e.g., Python, C, FORTRAN, Matlab, IDL).
• Technical ability to grasp the basics of scientific instrumentation.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and to engage for detailed problem solving.

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