Instrument Design & Engineering for the Airborne Meteorological Measurement System

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. This specific opportunity focuses on the Meteorological Measurement System (MMS), a state-of-the-art airborne instrument for measuring accurate, high resolution in situ state parameters such as pressure, temperature, and three-dimensional wind vectors. The position involves working primarily with hardware, with possible opportunities to develop software to modernize the legacy MMS instrument, participate in NASA-sponsored flight campaigns, and contribute to scientific data analysis. The postdoctoral assistant will join the Atmospheric Science Branch at NASA Ames Research Center and work on meteorological instrumentation research. Development of secondary projects which foster collaborations with other researchers both at NASA Ames and externally is also encouraged.