Seismic-Acoustic Officer (P-4)

Seismic-Acoustic Officer (P-4)

CTBTO Preparatory Commission

Vienna, Austria

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct projects to improve and evaluate the performance of seismo-acoustic data processing and data fusion algorithms and systems;
• Develop, optimize and calibrate signal detection, signal association, event location and event characterization algorithms;
• Perform research and lead software development in areas including signal detection, phase association, signal propagation, receiver effects, event location and source mechanisms;
• Define software requirements and provide scientific advice to software development teams;
• Apply statistical methods to determine and optimize the performance of operational systems for automatic analysis and interactive review of seismo-acoustic data;
• Plan, manage and evaluate work done by external contractors in the area of seismo-acoustic research and development;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

• Advanced university degree in seismo-acoustic, geophysics, seismology or a related field.

Work Experience and Qualifications

• At least seven (7) years relevant working experience with geophysical methods and data processing techniques; of which at least three (3) years of experience in the use of UNIX/LINUX operating systems and SQL or similar databases, such as Oracle or PostgreSQL;
• Experience in using numerical computing package such as MATLAB, Python/SciPy, Python/NumPy, Python/ObsPy, GNU Octave, Mathematica, to prototype and enhance seismo-acoustic data processing algorithms;
• Knowledge of data analysis and display software is desirable;
• Experience in quantitative research processing large volumes of data is desirable;
• Knowledge of theoretical seismo-acoustic issues related to monitoring events in diverse environments is desirable;
• Knowledge of computational seismo-acoustics, linear and non-linear acoustics is desirable;
• Knowledge of signal processing related to seismo-acoustic signal detection is desirable;
• Knowledge of computer simulation modeling techniques to improve seismo-acoustic data analysis methods is desirable;
• Experience with a methodology for assessing technological maturity, such as Technology Readiness Levels is desirable;
• Knowledge and experience with hydroacoustic data processing for environmental monitoring is desirable.

Languages

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are essential;
• Knowledge of other official CTBTO languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable.

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