About the role#
The Rainmaker Atmospheric Instrumentation Fellowship is a paid, full-time research and engineering appointment. You will join our instrumentation team to work on a scoped project defined with your mentor. Projects align with our current development priorities, such as improving cloud-seeding systems and precipitation-enhancement programs. You will take responsibility for a concrete workstream while contributing to the design and review work of the broader team. This is an on-site position in El Segundo.
What you'll do#
- Translate scientific measurement needs into scoped experimental or engineering plans.
- Build, integrate, calibrate, and test hardware and analysis methods.
- Create repeatable calibration procedures for instrument metrics.
- Characterize measurement uncertainty and sensitivity to environmental, mechanical, optical, electrical, or algorithmic factors.
- Build fixtures, test equipment, data-acquisition workflows, and analysis software for validation.
- Help design laboratory, ground, and flight comparisons against reference instrumentation.
- Connect physical instrument behavior to measurement and retrieval quality.
- Produce documentation, calibration records, acceptance criteria, and reusable analysis code.
- Deliver a final artifact such as a validated dataset, calibration system, instrument prototype, test method, uncertainty analysis, or technical report.
What you'll need#
- Current status as an undergraduate, master's, or PhD student, postdoctoral researcher, or recent graduate.
- Background in optical, mechanical, or electrical engineering, physics, atmospheric science, or a related experimental field.
- Strong hands-on experimental ability and a willingness to build and troubleshoot hardware personally.
- Quantitative programming and data-analysis skills.
- Careful scientific judgment regarding calibration, uncertainty, repeatability, and validation.
- Ability to take responsibility for a bounded workstream while collaborating with engineers and scientists.
Location & details#
- Location: El Segundo, California.
- Commitment: Full-time, on-site.
- Duration: Three to six months, with four months as the standard.
- Application process: Rolling applications with project-specific start dates.
- Compensation: $8,000 per month.
- Benefits: Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision), lunch provided in-office, and free EV charging at headquarters.
About Rainmaker Technology Corporation
Rainmaker Technology Corporation manufactures climate technology products. The company focuses on cloud seeding for farms, ecosystems, and communities. Founded in 2023, the firm maintains its headquarters in El Segundo, California. It operates as a privately held entity with 105 employees.
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