Lediga jobb Stift Voice Of The Ocean i Göteborg

?About VOTO/Ocean Knowledge
The non-profit foundation Voice of the Ocean (VOTO) aims to increase public and scientific knowledge of the health of the oceans, specifically focusing on the Baltic Sea and connected seas. The Ocean Knowledge branch of VOTO, based in Gothenburg, focuses on supporting marine research and the research community through our infrastructure and expertise. We operate marine technology, collect scientific data and develop methodologies with all work openly available to the wider community. Our infrastructure includes 13 underwater gliders, four autonomous surface vessels, a micro AUV and two ROVs, as well as access to three 25m vessels equipped for research and survey work located around the Baltic and Kattegat.
Ocean Knowledge is adding an oceanographic technician to the team for technical and scientific support and to ensure the best possible data collection and operation.
Oceanographic Technician
The oceanographic technician will join our team in Gothenburg, working both in the workshop and on our vessels handling and maintaining scientific instruments and autonomous platforms. This includes a wide range of tasks such as configuration, calibration, deployment and recoveries, sampling, basic data management, monitoring, fault-finding, repairs and service.
Specifically, some of the tasks will include:
As required, travel domestically and internationally to support fieldwork around the Baltic Sea.
Validate, document and configure scientific instruments.
Maintain, fault-find and repair our fleet of Gliders, ASVs, AUVs, ROVs and sampling equipment.
Prepare and document missions.

Requirements:
The duties of the technician (including fieldwork, monitoring and at sea) will require out of hours work and travel domestically and internationally up to 50 days per year.
Experience with handling scientific instrumentation and/or survey equipment and data.
Willingness to learn and develop skills in both technical and oceanographic aspects of scientific sensors, gliders and other autonomous vehicles
Motivated and driven team player, willing to work night/weekends on a scheduled basis
Experience working at sea.
Interest in oceanography and marine environments.
Driver’s license

Beneficial Skills:
Background in academia and practical oceanography work, sampling and lab work.
Experience with marine biological/chemical/biogeochemical sampling methods.
Someone who is actively interested in finding, following and developing best practices and protocols for at-sea water sampling.
Someone who is interested in finding the best solutions to answer scientific questions; collaborating with the team to think outside the box.
Experience with larger research vessel operations.
Experience with AUVs, ASVs, ROVs or Ocean Gliders
Experience with hydrographic surveying
Experience with oceanographic sensors
Experience with oceanography or similar marine science

It’s important to us to build a supportive and diverse team with people who share our values to promote curiosity for the oceans and to work towards a better future. If you think this is you, but you maybe don’t fulfil all of the requirements, please still get in touch with us and we encourage you to apply!
Work environment
The Ocean Knowledge team is a close knit team of 12 working from the VOTO office in Gothenburg. We have a supportive and driven work environment, where we encourage all team members to innovate, push for our shared goals and problem solve together. It has taken good teamwork to set up and maintain our ocean observatories, and we learn from each other’s strengths.
Applications
The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Applicants are expected to have the ability to live and work in the EU.
For further information, or to apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter by e-mail to Anna Willstrand Wranne at [email protected] by 31 January 2025. Visa mindre

About VOTO/Ocean Knowledge
The non-profit foundation Voice of the Ocean (VOTO) aims to increase public and scientific knowledge of the health of the oceans, specifically focusing on the Baltic Sea and connected seas. At the Ocean Knowledge branch of VOTO, based in Gothenburg, we focus on supporting marine research and the research community through our infrastructure and expertise, operating marine technology and collecting scientific data with all work openly available to the wider community. Currently supporting 13 underwater gliders and four autonomous surface vessels, the Ocean Knowledge Team aims to increase the fleet size significantly, requiring both technical and scientific support, to ensure the best possible data collection.
Scientific Project Manager at Ocean Knowledge
VOTO is hiring for an organized, independent and enthusiastic scientific project manager in its Ocean Knowledge initiative based in Gothenburg, Sweden. This person must excel at communicating between various groups, identifying priorities and likely issues in newly established projects, and be comfortable at pushing projects to meet deadlines.
VOTO was established in 2019, and as such it offers opportunities for the selected candidate to help shape the operations of the project management and scientific output of the group.
A passion for advancing marine science through technology and methodology development is of benefit, as is the ability to work in a small team. A degree within the Marine Sciences and experience of project management is preferable.
Job responsibilities
Develop and manage project documentation to follow internal and supported research projects including applications, operational documents and final reports
Liaise between the scientific and operations teams, prioritizing the important information to collect the best data for the research question
Support the operations team on scientific priorities for the observatories
Coordinate Quality Control of data and data processing

Skills required
Degree (at least Masters level) in Marine Sciences (Natural Sciences and/or Environmental Sciences are also invited to apply).
Experience of project management

Preferred
Knowledge of marine sensors (e.g. ADCPs, dissolved oxygen sensors, nitrate sensors) and oceanographic fieldwork
Comfortable using software to track projects
Strong communication in English
Ability to write short scientific reports

Application
The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Applicants should have the ability to live and work in the EU.
For further information, or to apply, please submit your application (CV and short covering letter) by e-mail to Dr Louise Biddle at [email protected]. The job advert will stay open until the position is filled. Visa mindre

About Voice of the Ocean and Ocean Knowledge
The non-profit foundation Voice of the Ocean (VOTO), aims to increase public and scientific knowledge of the Health of the Oceans, specifically focusing on the Baltic Sea and connected seas. At the Ocean Knowledge branch of VOTO, based in Gothenburg, we focus on Marine Technology and scientific data collection with the goal of the data and our work being open to the scientific community. Currently supporting six underwater gliders and two autonomous surface vessels, the Ocean Knowledge Team aims to increase the fleet size significantly, requiring both technical and scientific support, to ensure the best possible data collection.
Data Engineer/Scientist, Oceanography
[data flow and delivery, QC on data processing, data infrastructure/servers, developing tools, oceanographic data]
The Data Engineer/Scientist will be responsible for ensuring our observational data meets FAIR guidelines and is stored and delivered in a safe and well documented way. They will work closely with the science coordinator, oceanographers, technicians and external contractors to achieve their goals and will be responsible for the tools and documentation relating to processes used within the group. The work will initially be to build and design our data pipeline for QC and distribution of our AUV, Glider and ASV collected oceanographic data, in addition to taking lead in developing a plan and structure for future tools regarding distribution, QC and visualization as well as contributing to the related scientific community.
Specifically, some of the roles will include:
Oversight, design and “actioning” the data flow; ensuring the Near Real Time data is transmitted from the platforms to the server, and shared with data providers
Build our data pipeline infrastructure, tools and manage associated external contractors
Storing final processed datasets and ensuring products are deliverable to partners and collaborators
Documenting and following best practices for data processing which will be decided in conjunction with the Scientific Coordinator
Contribute to scientific community tools that we use e.g Glider Tools

Required Skills and Education:
Masters degree or equivalent in Natural Sciences or Data Sciences
Proficient in an appropriate coding language (e.g. Python)
Previous experience managing continuous data streams
Previous experience managing Oceanographic data
Motivated to assist with development of best practices within the community

Beneficial Skills and Education:
Degree in Oceanography
Previous experience with AUVs, ASVs or Gliders
Knowledge in environments and tools such as Jupyter, Git, ERDAP Visa mindre

Baltic marine scientific researcher positions; understanding and promoting a healthy ocean
Voice Of The Ocean (VOTO): Ocean Knowledge is looking to recruit two early-mid career scientists to join the team. Researchers will work with high-resolution, continuous oceanographic time-series collected by autonomous vehicles in the Baltic Sea. These positions should address any biological, chemical and/or physical oceanography topics supporting an understanding of Baltic ecosystem health. We welcome proposals from interested candidates which can leverage VOTO infrastructure and data.
VOTO is a foundation working to help scientists across institutions and countries to understand the Baltic Sea marine system by collecting and publishing openly accessible data, and by providing instrumentation and vessels to researchers. Through independent projects and long-term observatories, VOTO seeks to support cutting edge marine science in the Baltic Sea. At VOTO, we deploy both underwater and surface autonomous instrumentation to collect high-resolution datasets of vital ocean variables, across physical, chemical and biological parameters and work with industrial partners to develop new tools for marine science.
The Baltic Sea ecosystem is under strong and sustained anthropogenic pressure, with dramatic impacts on its biological and chemical functioning, despite its critical role to the 90 million people who live in its catchment. VOTO is particularly interested in refining our understanding of how processes are coupled across disciplines and at scales that we do not yet understand in the Baltic Sea – in particular extreme events, how circulation and oceanic inflows affect hypoxic extent, cyanobacteria blooms and fisheries health.
We are looking for two driven researchers who hold a PhD in physical, chemical, or biological oceanography and have a good track record of publishing and presenting at international level. Your area of specialism should complement some, or all, of the data types collected by our instrumentation (details below), and you should ideally have some previous knowledge of the Baltic Sea region. You will work closely with our science team at VOTO as well as researchers at the University of Gothenburg and other Baltic institutions.
You will have the ability to establish your own research direction using the data available at VOTO; furthermore, as part of VOTO you will influence equipment purchases to be deployed in the Baltic Sea. VOTO offers a supportive team, cutting edge technology and research ships, and opportunities to collaborate with various Baltic Sea communities and researchers as well as funding to attend conferences and publish. There will be the opportunity to be affiliated with the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Gothenburg. We anticipate that you will be involved in active fieldwork, deploying and remotely piloting the autonomous vehicles.
Our fleet consists mainly of SeaExplorer gliders and Sailbuoy surface vehicles. These measure:
Temperature, salinity, pressure
Dissolved oxygen concentration
Chlorophyll & phycocyanin fluorescence, optical backscatter
PAR and irradiance across several channels
Ocean current velocity and acoustic backscatter from ADCPs
Surface variables: air temperature, wind speed/direction, sea surface temperature, salinity
Other sensors are in development (eg. nitrate)
We welcome further suggestions within the scope of this call.

We currently maintain observatories in Skagerrak and Bornholm Basin and will initiate the third observatory in the Gotland Basin spring 2022. These vehicles are supported by two small state of the art research vessels.
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This position is open to early-mid career scientists, with a flexible starting salary to reflect the successful applicants’ experience. As a foundation, VOTO is able to provide a competitive salary and generous benefits. The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden and is time-limited to 23 months. Applicants are expected to have the ability to live and work in the EU.
Qualifications/merirts:
PhD at time of appointment.
Experience in either biological, chemical or physical oceanography.
Has presented and published at international level.
Interest/experience in autonomous instrumentation.
Knowledgeable about the Baltic Sea ecosystem or other shelf seas.
Ability to collaborate across disciplines and with people of diverse expertise.
Ability to work independently and also to participate in collaborative groups.
Comfortable working with large datasets in various formats.
Has strong quantitative and coding skills (e.g. python, R) for data analysis.
Ability to live and work in the EU.
Ability to go to sea.

Submission documents required:
1. Cover letter, including a description of your proposed field of study
2. Curriculum vitae
3. PhD certificate
For further information, or to apply, please submit your documents by e-mail to Dr Louise Biddle at [email protected] by 28 February 2022. Visa mindre