The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) collects and provides the critical satellite Earth observations and other essential environmental information needed for disaster preparedness, all hazards response and recovery and the protection of the Nation's critical infrastructure and natural resources.

Duties

The STES ensures the NESDIS' science portfolio strikes a balance between use-inspired science, which focuses on meeting user needs, and innovative science, which focuses on driving the science- and observation-based applications forward where opportunity exists to better address NOAA's mission. The STES continually improves the application of environmental satellite science by guiding efforts of the NESDIS enterprise, for example through merging observations from multiple sources to produce seamless, consistent information products, or by the integration of new observations to improve NOAA's products and services. The incumbent leads efforts to develop more efficient algorithms and leverages new science conducted outside of NESDIS to provide decision makers with the most accurate and comprehensive insight possible. As the preeminent expert, the STES leads NESDIS' product development and applications research in areas that provide important data products to the National Weather Service for near real-time weather and marine forecasts and warnings, as well to other federal partners and public stakeholders for operational applications. The incumbent provides expert technical consultation to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense (DOD), other government agencies, universities, and private industry. The STES acts as a spokesperson for NESDIS among top level scientists of NOAA and other agencies in meetings which identify significant projects and establish critical objectives. The incumbent serves as an internationally recognized expert in data management, standards, and related sciences, and has a thorough understanding of environmental satellites. The incumbent plays a major role in formulating and expanding NESDIS' responsibilities in national and international scientific assessments that support major elements of NOAA's healthy ecosystem programs and contribute to our understanding of climate, weather, oceanographic, geophysical, and other environmental processes. Additional, duties of the Senior Scientist include: 1. Supporting the development of highly actionable and reliable environmental information across the entire Earth observing system. 2. Working with NOAA, NESDIS, and satellite communities to define the users' needs, operational requirements, methods to integrate information and products into operational use, and environmental satellite requirements for the NESDIS mission. 3. Serving as the chair of the working groups and assuring that environmental satellite data and products maintained by NESDIS are effective and supported by NESDIS' and NOAA's mission requirements. 4. Serving as a technical liaison with NASA, NSF and other scientific agencies to ensure NESDIS environmental satellite data and product initiatives have the required scientific capabilities. 5. Evaluating and recommending approaches to improve NESDIS satellite programs; identifying interdependencies and conducting detailed trend analysis; evaluating and recommending improvements in environmental satellite science and research to improve observation data processing, the integration of the products into operational use, the development of long-term climate records, and other products. 6. Communicating findings and recommendations to NESDIS leadership, to other NOAA scientists, and to users of environmental satellite data and products. Responsible for studying and projecting present and future scientific needs, establishing goals, formulating alternative policies and ways of meeting scientific based environmental satellite needs, and re-evaluating progress to assure that objectives are realized. 7. Directing systematic, critical, intensive investigation toward the development of new or fuller scientific knowledge of environmental satellite data and information services for use by the scientific community.

Requirements

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must possess all the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs). These qualifications would typically be acquired through education, experience, and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in leading teams and/or projects for a comprehensive business program in a complex organization. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. All applicants will be evaluated by a panel to determine the degree to which they possess the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs). To be rated and considered for this position, applicants are requested to fully describe their experience in each of the following PTQs: Professional Technical Core Qualifications (PTQs): PTQ 1 - Comprehensive knowledge of environmental science, including satellite remote sensing, and at least 3 years of demonstrated experience in using applied science to provide timely, actionable, and reliable environmental data, products, and services across the Earth observing system. PTQ 2 - Demonstrated knowledge and experience in supporting decision-making applications, models and/or research for environmental observation programs with extensive experience in planning and executing specialized programs that show outstanding applications attainments. NOTE: Responses to PTQs must not exceed 2 pages per PTQ, for a total of 4 pages.

Education

A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in
physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of
materials, and electronics.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in
A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering
science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Elizabeth Reese
• Phone: 240-394-5588
• Email: [email protected]