Assistant Specialist - Berkeley Seismological Lab
The University of California, Berkeley
About this position
Position Overview
Position title: Assistant Specialist Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following tables(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: T24 B. The current full-time base salary range for this position is $65,800 -$73,200. "Off-scale" salaries, which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. Percent time: 100 Anticipated start: Fall 2026 Position duration: 1 year with the possibility of renewal based on performance and availability of funding
Application Deadline
Open date: August 18, 2026 Next review date:Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Sep 21, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Description
The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (BSL) conducts essential research on earthquakes and solid earth processes while collecting and delivering high-quality geophysical data. It provides robust earthquake and hazard information including real-time alerts to the public, in collaboration with our partners. It also enables the broad consumption of earthquake information by everyone while educating and training students at all levels and from all backgrounds. The BSL is responsible for publishing all earthquake products in Northern California to the Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), a live database and long-term archive run by the USGS. The BSL is in the process of modernizing this pipeline with the goal of delivering new advanced and high-quality solutions and products. The main goal of this position is to perform the necessary research to develop and provide new earthquakes solutions and products. The research duties for this position include: Review state-of-the-art approaches to produce earthquake parameters (e.g. relocation, different types of magnitudes) and products (e.g. ShakeMaps, Moment Tensors, double-difference solutions) in real time as well as to push and archive earthquakes solutions (e.g. PDL, catalog archiver, waveform archiver, etc) Research and develop new customized earthquakes solutions and products, including through the use of machine-learning techniques and integration of new types of datasets (e.g. distributed acoustic arrays) Validate the accuracy of the produced solutions and products on a diverse range of earthquakes sequences. Fine-tune the configuration when needed Lead or contribute to peer-reviewed papers on these newly developed earthquakes solutions and products Research different methods to compute amplitude/travel time corrections and compute these coefficients for all BSL stations
Qualifications
Basic qualifications(required at time of application)Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree Preferred qualificationsMaster's degree or equivalent international degree Solid knowledge of SeisComP in operational and real-time environments Solid knowledge of Python Desired knowledge of C++
Application Requirements
Document requirementsCurriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter Reference requirements 3 required (contact information only) Apply link:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05443 Help contact:jmarty@berkeley.edu