Overview
Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in weather and climate science. We leverage cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise to support improved operational weather forecasts. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Scientific Programmer Analyst to support a long-term contract (contingent upon award) under the FLOAT - A "Fish" and "Lynker" Ocean Alliance Team, a Joint Venture Prime contract holder for NOAA ProTech Fisheries.
Responsibilities
The duties of the Scientific Programmer Analyst include:
- Estimating abundance of protected species, accounting for perception and availability bias; developing spatially- and temporally-explicit density and abundance models and maps incorporating environmental factors, using models such as Generalized Additive Models and Bayesian Hierarchical Models.
- Developing and implementing improved methods to address uncertainties in current analyses, including species identification, dive time corrections, passive acoustic data integration, and comparison with other sampling techniques.
- Creating simulated datasets of survey outputs that incorporate biases, focusing on line transect surveys.
- Quantifying ecological relationships between species characteristics and ecosystems.
- Estimating bycatch of protected species in fisheries using government data sources.
- Detecting and describing bycatch events using data from electronic monitoring, AI, and ML tools.
- Assessing impacts of climate change and human activities on protected species, and exploring mitigation measures.
- Analyzing data from multiple survey platforms, including visual, acoustic, environmental, and telemetry data.
- Managing protected species research projects, including organization, workflow, and reporting.
- Creating and maintaining databases for survey, environmental, and tissue sample data; developing user-friendly data entry and retrieval processes.
- Building tools using R, RShiny, and other interfaces to meet emerging needs.
- Producing technical reports, presentations, web content, and manuscripts for outreach.
- Presenting results at conferences and contributing to reports, permit applications, and publications.
- Developing algorithms for identifying targeted marine animals in digital images, documenting biases using AI/ML tools.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements:
- Masters degree or equivalent in fisheries, quantitative ecology, or related fields.
- Or at least three years of extensive experience/education in areas such as distance sampling, statistical analyses, Bayesian models, species distribution modeling, programming for simulated survey data, remote sensing data processing, AI/ML techniques, and Oracle database design with SQL.
- Proficiency in web design and bycatch estimation using observer and effort data.
- Programming skills in R, Splus, SAS, Python, C++, or similar software.
- Basic understanding of statistical methods.
About Lynker
Lynker is a growing, employee-owned small business specializing in scientific and technical services across hydrology, geospatial analysis, resource management, and more. We focus on placing the right professionals in the right roles to deliver effective solutions. Our benefits include healthcare, PTO, retirement plans, ESOP, tuition assistance, bonuses, and career development opportunities.
Lynker is an E-Verify employer and an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
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