PostBAC Research Assistant - Entry Level Job at Jobright.ai, Pasadena, CA

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  • Jobright.ai
  • Pasadena, CA

Job Description

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Job Summary:

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. The postbac will undertake analysis of existing Hubble Space Telescope data of ultracompact binaries, involving extraction and characterization of spectra and estimation of radial velocities.

Responsibilities:

• Testing existing code for extraction of spectra from HST data.

• Evaluation of quality of HST data for individual sources and determination of optimal strategy for separating data into phase-resolved measurements.

• Characterization of the HST spectra to estimate, temperature, log-g, and other quantities.

• Identification of emission and absorption lines.

• Estimation of RVs of prominent lines.

• Producing a written report giving details of the analysis results.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Astronomy or related field, such as CS.

• Basic understanding of Astronomy.

• Ability to read and write code in Python.

• CV.

Preferred:

• Experience in astronomical data analysis.

• Basic understanding of at least one class of binary stellar system.

Company:

Caltech is a science and engineering research and education institution. Founded in 1891, the company is headquartered in Pasadena, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Caltech has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.

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