[ES_JOBS_NET] Seismologist/Developer at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network in Seattle, WA

[Mouse Marie Reusch]

The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network has an outstanding opportunity for 
a Seismologist/Developer. This is an in-person or hybrid position in the 
Seattle office.


The PNSN monitors earthquakes in Washington and Oregon for public safety 
and scientific research. We operate 600+ remote seismic stations 
throughout the region. Data from these remote sites are continuously 
transmitted to the UW. The data are processed through several software 
applications to provide a series of earthquake information products.

If you are a seismologist with great coding skills who enjoys applying 
your knowledge to real-time problems, we have the job for you! We are 
looking for a new member of our team to help design, evaluate, and 
deploy new real-time processing and analysis codes as well as 
visualization tools to analyze and review their performance. For 
example, the PNSN desires to add a machine learning workflow in parallel 
to our traditional earthquake detection and location methods. This is an 
operational position, and you would share responsibility for monitoring, 
evaluating, and maintaining deployed codes. The successful applicant 
will work within a small team of scientists, software engineers, and 
computer specialists at PNSN and within the wider ANSS regional seismic 
network community. An exciting challenge for the Seismologist is to work 
within a real-time and continuous production framework.

The PNSN’s values emphasize a respectful inclusive environment, the open 
sharing of different perspectives, employee flexibility, and a 
commitment to serving Washington and Oregon with strong applied 
science.  Professional development is expected and encouraged.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluate new methods using PNSN data and operationalize them using 
high-performance code.
• Assure the quality of software products through the use of continuous 
integration, automated unit testing, code versioning, and code coverage 
tools.
• Maintain, update, and monitor operational software. Address issues as 
they arise.
• Technical writing: document procedures, algorithm performance reports, 
code documentation for other developers as well as user documentation. 
Publications in peer-reviewed journals when appropriate.
• Evaluate the performance of operational real-time seismic analysis 
codes and retune them as needed.
• Stay abreast of community developments in seismic analysis, including 
waveform and meta-data formats.
• Participate in research and development, mentor undergraduate research 
assistants.
• Participate in the Duty Seismologist rotation and be on-call remotely 
to respond to after-hours events two out of every eight weeks.
• Respond to outages, earthquake sequences, and volcanic unrest during 
non-business hours as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's Degree in Geosciences, Computer Sciences, Applied Math, or 
related field
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum 
qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a 
license/certification/registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent understanding of the earthquake detection and location 
problem and/or waveform propagation and signal processing
• Fluency in Python
• Familiarity with at least one of C, C++, Java
• Ability to read and review code in many programming languages
• Ability to work as part of a team to plan, organize, and execute 
technical projects
• Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, development-to-deployment 
workflow using agile methodologies, continuous integration, code 
reviews, and test environments
• Ability to work with legacy code
• Unix/Linux skills including scripting
• Database application development
• Demonstrated organizational skills, self-motivation, flexibility, 
strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, 
energetic, highly creative, environment
• Commitment to continuous learning

DESIRED:

• Experience with real-time data flow and 24/7 operational requirements
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and software deployments
• Experience in scientific software packages such as scipy, pandas, and 
numpy, sklearn, tensorflow, or interest in learning them
• Familiarity with Machine Learning workflows
• Experience with PostgreSQL

Application Process can be found here:
https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=217521 


For more information, contact PNSN Network Manager Dr J Renate Hartog at 
jrhartog at uw.edu

SEISMOLOGIST/DEVELOPER

Req #:     217521
Department:     PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK
Job Location:     Seattle, WA Campus
Job Location Detail:     Hybrid Eligible
Posting Date:     01/18/2023
Closing Info:     Closes On   02/18/2023
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