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Job Summary
IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time scientist position to work with the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) team.
The mission of NED (https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu) is to provide a census of extragalactic objects augmented with data from across the electromagnetic spectrum, for use by the research and lay communities worldwide, with access through computer query protocols and friendly graphical user interfaces. This compilation is continually updated by the fusion of redshifts and fundamental data appearing in refereed publications and major catalogs and by the addition of external links to more data. NED currently provides data for more than 1.1 billion distinct objects joined from over 135,000 references including 18 million redshifts.
IPAC has an immediate opening for a scientist to work with the NED team. The primary responsibility of this position is to contribute to keeping the content of the database current and accurate by assimilating the diverse and rapidly growing data published in the astrophysics literature and associated catalogs. The successful candidate will also help identify new approaches that can be implemented by NED to accelerate data ingest, and help to design, implement, and test those approaches. The scientist will also conduct astronomical research related to NED’s mission.
Essential Job Duties
Basic Qualifications
If you have the following in your background, then we want to hear about your interest in joining our team:
Preferred Qualifications
These are a set of skills and experiences which will add to your ability to contribute to the roles and responsibilities of the position. The following attributes would make you a better fit for this position, but even if these do not describe your experience, we would still like to hear from you:
Required Documents
Complete applications submitted by March 15, 2025, will receive full consideration, but review of applications will continue until a suitable candidate has been identified.
$71,000 - $105,500 Per Year
The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.
As one of the largest employers in Pasadena, CA, Caltech is committed to providing comprehensive benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits package includes competitive compensation, health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, bereavement, etc.), tuition reimbursement, and more. Non-benefit eligible employees will have access to some benefits such as onsite counseling and sick time. Learn more about our benefits and staff perks.
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