Science Intern

• Other duties as assigned

Required Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:

• Enrolled in a bachelors program in a relevant field or have a recent Bachelors (or higher) degree in relevant field (astronomy computer science)
• Studying toward or recent recipient of a university degree in astronomy physics computer science data science or a related technical field.
• Background knowledge of astronomy and physics: stars planets brown dwarfs mechanics and optics.
• Basic coding/scripting (for example in Python and/or bash) to automate analysis/transfer of data sets and make scientific plots/visualizations.
• Must possess good English communication skills (written and verbal).
• Self-motivated ability to work with minimal supervision.

Preferred Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:

• Prior astronomy research experience.
• Python scripting for data analysis (e.g. Astropy NumPy Pandas).
• Prior experience working with infrared astronomical data or space telescope data

(e.g. JWST HST Spitzer WISE).

• Familiarity with photometric and/or spectroscopic data reduction techniques.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger handle or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Must possess - sufficient mobility strength or dexterity in both arms and hands and both legs to a) reach upward sideways downward to work with paper files; b) sufficient mobility and dexterity to utilize computer systems fax machines copiers and other office machines.
• Must possess 1) ability to read and understand instructions drawings safety guides and other written materials necessary to perform job; 2) sufficient visual capacity to perform the applicable functions without assistance of visual aids other than eye contacts or eye glasses; 3) sufficient spoken aural capacity to hear and understand instructions warning bells fire alarms or shouted instructions without assistance of auditory aids other than a hearing aid; and 4) ability to impart information orally so that others understand and can respond appropriately

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time.
• Occasional need to move about inside the office environment to access files office tools attendance in a meeting room etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity tools that require fine motor skills such as a calculator copy machine computer printer etc.
• May occasionally need to position self to maintain computer and related tools.
• Seldomly needed to move objects up to 10 pounds.
• Constant communication with other individuals. Must be able to discern and exchange information as appropriate to the situation.
• Constant need to distinguish discern and identify a variety of objects and fine details with accuracy.
• Occasional work at high elevation summit sites may be required (summit elevations range from 6800 feet to 14000 feet)