Research Scientist

Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI) is seeking a Research Scientist to conduct scientific research on projects and assist in summarizing the results for publication.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs research as part of a collaborative group with some technical supervision.
• Writes papers and reports on research results and methodology.
• Assists in the presentation of research results at professional and technical meetings and conferences.
• Assists in the writing of proposals for research funding.
• Participates in the development of research plans, designs experiments, outlines research procedures to be followed, and identifies and/or provides training to personnel to carry out research.
• Helps to secure extramural funding, as necessary, through Government grants, foundations, institutes, and/or corporate sponsors.
• Conducts research using laboratory equipment, computer resources, and institutional libraries.
• Contributes to the provision of expertise in field of research toother members of the organization.
• Trains research associates and assistants, interns, and students.
• Performs and reports interim analysis of accumulated data to monitor progress.
• Contributes to the collaboration with industry/academia to apply the results of research in order to develop new techniques, products or practices.
• Collaborates on the preparation of reports and papers of completed projects for publication in peer-reviewed technical journals.
• Applies principles of theoretical mathematical concepts including algebra and calculus, as well as numerical modeling, differential equations, computational physics and statistics.
• Ensures quality assurance compliance.
• Decide and Organize projects priorities.
• Independently works through situational issues and uses problem solving skills to achieve desired project outcome.
• Follows instructions; responds to management direction; accepts personal responsibility for actions, performance, and results; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in an earth, physical, or computer science plus 10 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with lifecycle process for software development.
• Must have good understanding of all relevant software engineering principles and methodology as well as an in-depth understanding of the application field.
• Must have strong analytical skills to support scientific and engineering analysis.

Desired Qualifications

• M.S. or PhD in Oceanography or other applicable degree.