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Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 509687
Division/Organization: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Department: Space Science & Engineering Center
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: ATMOSPHERIC OCEANIC&SPACE SCI
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: 16.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, STEM, Data Analysis

Department Overview:

 SSEC engineers and scientists develop and utilize space-, aircraft- and ground-based instrumentation to collect and analyze observations of the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and other planetary atmospheres to improve our understanding of weather, climate, and atmospheric processes. Through this research we produce new resources, products, and tools that are helping to improve the accuracy and timeliness of weather forecasts.

The SSEC Data Center hosts one of the world’s largest archive of satellite weather data. It currently maintains an online database of over 3 PBs.

Anticipated Start Date:

 11/10/2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 6  

Schedule:

 Must be available a minimum of 6 hours/week, with preference given to availability on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings. Please provide a copy of your current class schedule for the semester.

Application materials MUST contain a resume, cover letter and current schedule. Please include schedule in the same document as your cover letter or resume due to no extra places to upload.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: 16.00 

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 - Must be enrolled as a student for duration of employment.
- Capable of working independently or as part of a team.
- Good communication skills.
- Undergraduate students preferred.
- Students majoring in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences or other Earth Science fields preferred.
- Interest in Meteorology or Satellite imagery is useful.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Experience using Linux is useful.
- Ability to write Linux shell scripts is useful.
- Experience with Scripting languages, Python, PHP, HTML, Containers, ML, and SQL will be given additional consideration.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Duties include assisting the Satellite Data Services Team Leader with Weather Satellite Data Quality Control, Programming projects, html coding and system administration tasks.

Physical Demands:

None.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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