Required abilities， qualities， and experience

Doctoral degree or equivalent experiences in space science, informatics, or information technologies. He/she is expected to have sufficient experience in analyzing space science data and developing a data analysis system/web system.

Any restrictions/disadvantages for non-native Japanese speakers?

DARTS is a public data archive open to the world in English, besides few pages written in Japanese. Most users give comments and questions in English, so non-Japanese speakers will not have essntial problems in this position.

Research environment after arriving at one’s post.

In our group, there are experts on astronomy, solar physics, solar terrestrial-physics, database, and informatics, etc. The applicants can access various archival data in these fields and use high-performance computers to develop new systems.

Research leader

Professor, EBISAWA Ken

Location

Sagamihara Campus

Department

Science-satellite Operation and Data Archive Unit (C-SODA)

Abilities， qualifications， and experience expected to be obtained at the end of the term

・Expertise in various data processing methods, dealing with storage, and utilization in multiple fields of space science.
・Expected to make original scientific achievements using high-quality datasets and/or web-systems the applicant developed.
・International recognition as a developer of those data and systems widely used worldwide.

Closing Date

November 23th(mon), 2020  17:00(JST)

* Please note that you are not able to pre-apply during 1a.m.~5a.m.(JST) on the third Thursday of each month due to regular system maintenance. Thank you for avoiding the certain time.

Selection Schedule

Document screening: Late-November, 2020

Online Interview: Mid-December, 2020 (time will be specified individually)

* Schedule is subject to change.

Attached document

FORM 1 Research Plan
FORM 2 Research Achievements
FORM 3 Summary of Representative Thesis
FORM 4 Letter of Recommendation

*Letter of Recommendation must be attached by the person or sent by the recommender by email.

If you do not send a Letter of Recommendation, your application will be invalid.

Contact information

■For specific inquiries about the research theme;

 ebisawa.ken*jaxa.jp

■For general inquiries

JAXA HR Office: jaxacareer*jaxa.jp

Please change * to @ above.