Supporting the NASA Disasters Project Office of the Disasters Response Coordination System (DRCS) by leveraging NASA’s science expertise and technology to support operational disaster response organizations domestically and internationally
Requirements
- Holds or is actively pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in an Earth Science related field
- Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Office
- Knowledge of current NASA Earth observation satellites
- Understanding of different remote sensing modalities, including multispectral imagery and synthetic aperture radar, and their applications in disaster response
- Ability to interpret technical information from subject matter experts detailing data products and capabilities from different remote sensing modalities
Responsibilities
- Work with the DRCS team to understand and document the value of available datasets
- Read scientific documentation and work with subject matter experts to understand key capabilities of Earth Observation data for applications in disaster response
- Evaluation and assessment of remote sensing products for disaster response used routinely by the DRCS and those that could support new or novel applications
- Understand and distill technical information from scientific documentation, geospatial metadata, and other data product information from science teams and subject matter experts to populate data tables with capability-specific information to be accessible by non-technical audiences
- Data and knowledge management through the development of SharePoint sites and dashboards
- Writing technical reports and documentation of work done to support the application of remote sensing in disaster response
Other
- Must be a US person
- Ability to coordinate with subject matter experts and stakeholders
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Resilient and good under pressure
