Posted by Janet Machol | September 14, 2025 | Employment Opportunities
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has an immediate opening for a Research Scientist working with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This hire will serve as the lead of the Space Magnetometer Team within NCEI’s Space Weather Team. The Space Weather Team works to ensure that current and future space weather sensors on NOAA satellites provide effective operational products for use by the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and the broader space weather and scientific community. The selected candidate will work on and guide others on projects including on-orbit calibration and validation of satellite magnetometers, development of ground-based data processing algorithms, public data product stewardship, research-to-operations projects, and spacecraft magnetometer instrument science efforts. They will provide solar wind/magnetospheric subject matter expertise, publish results in scientific journals, and are encouraged to pursue independent funding for research.
Applicants for this position must have a PhD and US citizenship or permanent residence status. The successful applicant will receive competitive compensation and the University’s excellent benefits package. For further information or to apply, please see https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=66643. For questions about the position, please contact Janet Machol ([email protected]). Application reviews will begin on September 23.