Meteorologist (NASA Balloon Program) Job at Peraton
Responsibilities:
Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, and New Mexico) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers, meteorologists, and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking a Meteorologist to join our team in Palestine, Texas.
We are seeking a Meteorologist candidate to support NASA Balloon missions from pre-campaign mission planning to pre-launch weather briefings, and throughout launch, ascent, float, and termination phases.
Peraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies.
Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, and New Mexico) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers, meteorologists, and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking a Meteorologist to join our team in Palestine, Texas.
We are seeking a Meteorologist candidate to support NASA Balloon missions from pre-campaign mission planning to pre-launch weather briefings, and throughout launch, ascent, float, and termination phases.
- Develop pre-campaign stratospheric wind climatologies, and minimum altitude assessments using balloon performance analysis for use in mission planning.
- Provide weather briefings in support of outside payload compatibility tests and prior to launch attempts.
- Provide pre-launch predicted ascent and float trajectories.
- During launch attempts, provide complete on-site meteorological support for all launch operations, including pilot balloon observations.
- Provide meteorological support during ascent and float phases of launches, including updated precipitation and cloud forecasts and stratospheric wind predictions. Payload descent vectors will be calculated and provided for the termination phase.
- Assemble NASA-required post flight reports after each balloon campaign.
- Maintain inventory of meteorological equipment for campaign support.
- Prepare forecast studies for current launch sites and climatology studies for any future launch sites.
- Develop forecast techniques and products.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. in Meteorology/Atmospheric Science, with a focus on synoptic meteorology/forecasting.
- Must have a passion for operational meteorology and desire to work in a challenging but rewarding operational forecasting environment.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Linux a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, a plus.
- Extensive use of one or more of GEMPAK, LDM, McIDAS-X, McIDAS-V, IDV, AWIPS II, a plus.
- Programming experience with one or more of C/C++, FORTRAN, Python a plus.
- Willingness to learn balloon performance analysis.
- Experience with radiosonde and/or pilot balloon launches a plus.
Special Requirements:
- Must be able to travel up to 60% of the year. Must be able to pass the physical (medical) requirements to travel to Antarctica. Must be able to obtain travel visas. COVID-19 vaccine and boosters may be required for some travel.
COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT
Peraton is committed to complying with all COVID-19 safety protocols detailed in President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors and the related requirements issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. All Peraton employees are required to be fully vaccinated and/or the employee must comply with all COVID-19 safety protocols mandated by our customers and the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, including but not limited to frequent testing and attestation in compliance with the EO.
Peraton Overview:
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Salary Range: Salary Minimum: $40,000 Salary Mid: $80,000 Salary Maximum: $100,000 The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees. EEO Tagline (Text Only): An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.
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