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Salary– DOE

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is currently searching for a Research Technician to join
the Biology Department. This is a regular, full–time, non–exempt position, and is eligible for full
benefits.
The successful Research Technician candidate will lead field operations for Dr. Mark
Baumgartner’s Robots4Whales program (robots4whales.whoi.edu), which uses long–endurance
autonomous platforms (gliders, buoys, profiling floats) equipped with passive acoustic
monitoring instrumentation to transmit whale detection information to shore in near real time
for review and dissemination to academic, government, conservation and industry
stakeholders. Whale detections from the Robots4Whales system are used on the U.S. east
coast to trigger NOAA Slow Zones for Right Whales, on the U.S. west coast to reduce ship
strikes of blue, fin and humpback whales as part of the Whale Safe program (whalesafe.com),
and in Canada to trigger mandatory restrictions of ship speeds and closure of fishing grounds to
protect North Atlantic right whales.
The internal working title for this position is Senior Engineering Assistant I. The final level of the
position will be determined commensurate with the selected candidate’s level of education and
experience.