About the role#
The Rainmaker Atmospheric Instrumentation Fellowship is a paid, full-time research and engineering appointment. Fellows join the instrumentation team to work on scoped projects drawn from current development priorities. You will work alongside engineers and scientists, taking responsibility for a specific experimental or engineering workstream while contributing to the design and review work of the broader team. This role is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and recent graduates.
What you'll do#
- Translate a scientific measurement need into a scoped experimental or engineering plan with your mentor.
- Build, integrate, calibrate, or test hardware and analysis methods required by the assigned project.
- Create repeatable calibration procedures for agreed 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 needed for validation.
- Help design laboratory, ground, and flight comparisons against reference instrumentation.
- Connect physical instrument behavior to measurement and retrieval quality.
- Produce clear 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 undergraduate, master's, or PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, or recent graduates.
- Background in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, atmospheric science, or experimental science.
- Strong hands-on experimental ability and willingness to build and troubleshoot hardware personally.
- Quantitative programming and data-analysis ability.
- Careful scientific judgment about calibration, uncertainty, repeatability, and validation.
- Ability to take responsibility for a bounded workstream while collaborating closely with instrumentation engineers and scientists.
- Relevant coursework or experience in fields such as digital holography, microscopy, particle imaging, lasers, high-speed cameras, lidar, aerosol instruments, or optical metrology.
- Proficiency in scientific Python, image processing, signal processing, or data acquisition is preferred.
Location & details#
- Location: El Segundo, California.
- Modality: On-site, full-time.
- Compensation: $8,000 per month.
- Benefits: Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), provided lunch, and free EV charging at the headquarters.
- Duration: Three to six months, with four months as the standard duration.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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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