Ocean Associates, Inc. is seeking candidates for a Marine Mammal Acoustician to work with the Cetacean Research Program at NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This position is a full-time one year contract with the possibility of renewal based on job performance and availability of funding. Limited funds for travel to conferences, workshops, or field work are available. This position may include field work, including travel away from home for up to 2 months per year. The successful candidate will assist staff of the Cetacean Research Program with analysis of existing long-term autonomous datasets and with development and analysis of data from the new acoustic glider program. Opportunities for involvement with other passive acoustics projects, including towed array and fisheries monitoring, may also be possible. Job duties: 1. Analyze existing and incoming long-term acoustic datasets collected from the central and western pacific for baleen whale and odontocete occurrence and seasonality. Previous experience with classification, detection, or localization software is required. 2. Assist in maintenance and deployment of autonomous recorders, including instrument preparation, breakdown, and quality control of incoming datasets. 3. Assist in development of the acoustic glider program, including development of acoustic sampling protocols and analysis of collected acoustic and oceanographic data for assessment of cetacean occurrence, habitat, and abundance 4. Maintenance of acoustic datasets, including documentation of acoustic data quality, analysis effort, and archiving of data and analysis products. Minimum qualifications: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution * Two years experience with bioacoustic instrumentation, data processing, and analysis * The position requires access to Federal office buildings or ships and communication networks. Applicants must have US citizenship or right to work documents that do not expire during the contract period, combined with two years of US residency before the start of employment. * Able to pass government background security check, required for working within a government facility. Preferred qualifications: * Master's or PhD in oceanography, marine science, biology, or similar field * Five or more years experience in analysis of large volume, long-term datasets, evidenced by publication in peer-reviewed journals. Excellent employee benefits are provided including paid medical insurance, and holiday, vacation and sick leave. A complete application package includes recent CV detailing qualifications and experience with marine mammal acoustic datasets, and names and contact information for at least two professional references. Review of candidates will begin on August 1, 2011 and preference will be given to applicants that submit a full application prior to that date. If you are interested in being considered for this position, please email your resume to Jobs *at* OceanAssoc.com Use "5030 Acoustician" as the subject line. Include your name in any filenames. For your benefit, format documents as PDFs.