Bioacoustics Scientist
HybridMiami, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Manage passive acoustics ecology research on cetaceans within SEFSC jurisdiction, focusing on North Atlantic right whales, Rice's whales, and sperm whales. Conduct fieldwork to deploy and monitor towed hydrophone arrays, sonobuoys, and gliders, while performing laboratory analysis of acoustic data to detect, localize, and classify biological and anthropogenic sound sources. Lead research ideas for the NOAA Fisheries Passive Acoustics Ecology Program, maintain acoustic databases, and contribute to report and manuscript writing. Requires 10 years of experience in acoustics or related fields, proficiency in MATLAB/R, and ability to travel for data collection from various survey platforms.
Required Qualifications
- D. from an accredited college or university with a major directly related to acoustics, fisheries, oceanography, natural science, or mathematics
- 10 years of experience in related fields
- Experience analyzing anthropogenic noise in the marine environment using acoustic metadata databases and scientific bioacoustics software programs such as PAMGuard or Raven
- Experience programming in MATLAB and/or R
- Experience building, maintaining, and repairing real-time acoustic hydrophones (towed hydrophone arrays, sonobuoys) and autonomous hydrophones (drifting and/or moored)
- Experience with implementation of legislative mandates such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act for highly endangered marine mammal species (e.g., Rice's whales or North Atlantic right whales)
- Travel is required to support field deployments to collect biological and environmental data from various survey platforms (aerial, ship, unmanned systems)
- Participation in meetings, workshops, conferences, and prescribed training is also required
- Must be able to work in the U.S.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in NOAA Fisheries cetacean bioacoustics research
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