Community Air Monitoring and Data Management Specialist

The Advanced Monitoring Techniques Section (AMTS) is a dedicated section within the California Air Resource's Boards (CARB), tasked with implementing air monitoring projects using a range of technologies and methods. We monitor with mobile and stationary platforms, as well as sensor networks. Our goal is to develop, run, and support community air monitoring projects to identify and quantify air quality impacts from industrial facilities and other potential sources. The team assesses and incorporates cutting edge technologies as they become available to ensure reliable ambient air monitoring data, crucial for identifying air pollution issues on the community scale. This work involves regular collaboration with other CARB divisions, community groups, local air districts, industry, and air monitoring experts.

The employee will support implementation of CARB's AB 617 program by developing systems to transmit, manage, and organize data collected during community air monitoring and make that available to stakeholders. The employee will work with measurements from custom state-of-the-science monitoring trailers, sensor networks, mobile platforms, and field and chamber instrument evaluation programs. They will provide tools to effectively communicate these results to stakeholders. The position will build CARB's internal capacity through the creation of data management and visualization tools to expand CARB's community air monitoring resource center - an online resource containing tools and information for establishing effective community air monitoring programs. They will support and provide guidance on community air monitoring campaigns and air monitoring measurement technology evaluation. The incumbent will work with a highly skilled team of individuals in AMTS on cutting edge community monitoring, sensor and instrument evaluation, data management, analysis, and visualization. The candidate will be involved in meetings with vendors, state entities, community-based organizations, and community members in the process of community air monitoring planning, operations, and presentation of results. Periodic travel throughout California will be required for meetings and for air monitoring campaigns.

To fill this role, we are looking for an exceptional candidate with a strong technical background and knowledge of community air monitoring. The candidate will have extensive knowledge of air quality science, air monitoring data management and analysis methods, and air monitoring instrumentation. The ideal candidate will have a wide range of programming experience, including database development and cloud platforms (e.g. SQL, Snowflake, AWS), dashboard and visualization tools (e.g. Plotly Dash, ArcGIS), and data analysis packages (e.g. Python and R). Experience writing instrument drivers and working in linux is beneficial. An advanced degree is desirable but not essential. The candidate will possess strong written and verbal communication skills, as the role requires effective communication of the science to a wide range of stakeholders. Because they will join a high-performing collaborative team of experts in air monitoring technology applications, the successful candidate will be innovative and extremely self-motivated. Being a fast-learner with attention to detail is critical in this fast-paced and multifaceted position.