Featured AI Job: CU-Boulder / CIRES / NOAA / NCAI Ocean Video AI Project Manager

Phil Nugent -

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has an opening for an ocean video project manager working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI).

CIRES is looking for a scientific project manager to design and implement artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) solutions for NOAA ocean video data management and video data reusability, including developing oceanographic imagery algorithms for metadata and improving the AI-readiness of ocean video data.

The candidate will work with the oceanographic community to develop guidance and tools for AI/ML video annotation and develop best practices for sharing and integrating information extracted from cloud-based AI/ML ocean video tools and algorithms.

The goal of the position is to help make ocean video data and metadata AI-ready, support and enable cloud computing on ocean video data, improve and coordinate NOAA use of AI/ML for video annotations across NOAA Line Offices using industry applications, and help improve ocean video discovery and access.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work with the community to develop guidance and tools for AI/ML ocean video annotation. (50%)
  • Develop best practices for sharing and integrating information extracted from cloud-based AI/ML ocean video tools and algorithms. (20%)
  • Help develop plans for managing ocean video in the cloud, including ingest, metadata, archive, search, access, and making the video AI ready. (20%)
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on ocean video annotation. (5%)
  • Supervise and mentor other CIRES employees and student workers. (5%)

Job Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the Earth sciences, oceanography, or related field
  • Experience collecting and/or annotating ocean video data
  • Project management experience

 Nice to Haves:

  • Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS) terminology
  • Familiarity with VIAME, Tator, VARS, MARE,  FathomNet, SeaTube, or other ocean video annotation packages
  • Experience with AI/ML training datasets

About CIRES

More than 950 environmental science professionals work at CIRES to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967, and its areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, solid Earth sciences, and more. CIRES’ vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.

About NCAI

As a program in the formulation stage, the NCAI development team is made up of members from several of NOAA’s Line Offices. With functionalities distributed across NOAA, the Center is programmatically organized under the National Centers for Environment Information (NCEI). NCAI teams develop and further the mission and vision of the organization. They volunteer their time to create a new environment within NOAA to further the knowledge and skills of the workforce, and promote collaboration in scientific development, both within the organization, and with external partners and stakeholders.

Salary Range & Application

The annual hiring salary range for this position is $76,200 - $116,200. For complete information and to apply, find the full job description on CU-Boulder’s website.