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UC San Diego lists this Assistant or Associate Project Scientist opportunity in san diego, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position overview
Position title: Assistant Project Scientist
Associate Project Scientist Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this Assistant position is $100,400-$126,100. A reasonable salary range estimate for this Associate position is $121,800-$131,200. The posted UC academic salary scales (Current Academic Salary Scales | UCOP) set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following tables for the salary scale for this position: 38-A, 38-A(N), 37-B, 37-B(N). "Off-scale salaries", i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Application Window
Open date: September 8, 2026
Most recent review date: Sunday, Sep 27, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Saturday, Sep 4, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) is an independent research group at the UC San Diego San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) focused on the macroscopic structure, behavior, and security of global Internet infrastructure. CAIDA maintains one of the most comprehensive and longitudinal collections of Internet measurement data in the world, supporting both its own peer-reviewed scientific output and a broad external research community. The datasets span multiple measurement modalities, such as active probing, passive traffic capture, routing data, and DNS, collected continuously over many years across a globally distributed monitoring infrastructure.
This Assistant Project Scientist will take scientific and technical responsibility for research projects within CAIDA's program, contributing to its research agenda and working collaboratively with CAIDA's research and engineering team. The position carries substantial project execution responsibilities, including contributing to peer-reviewed publications, leading proposal development, and developing research directions, alongside direct responsibility for the data systems that sustain this work. Core operational responsibilities include managing and improving data collection and processing pipelines; curating, indexing, and documenting datasets for internal use and external dissemination; maintaining metadata systems and data inventories; and coordinating integration of third-party data sources.
The position also involves collaboration with CAIDA's systems administrator on platform maintenance, data capture workflows, and storage infrastructure, and direct engagement with the external research community - responding to dataset requests, incorporating user feedback into data collection design, and supporting researchers, visiting scholars, and external collaborators running experiments on CAIDA's measurement platforms.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application) PhD (or equivalent terminal degree) in a scientific, engineering, quantitative, or computational field
Demonstrated record of contributing to peer-reviewed research publications
Experience working with large-scale scientific datasets
Proficiency in Python and scripting in a Unix/Linux environment
Preferred qualifications Experience designing, building, and maintaining data processing and curation pipelines for scientific research
Experience documenting datasets, maintaining metadata/data inventories, or supporting external data users
Experience with longitudinal or time-series measurement data at scale
Experience applying machine learning or NLP methods to scientific data, including building ML-integrated data pipelines
Experience contributing to grant proposals or technical reports, particularly to NSF or other federal science funders
Familiarity with Internet measurement data, tools, or infrastructure (active probing, passive traffic capture, routing, DNS, or similar)
Familiarity with reproducible research practices and version control (e.g., git, containers, workflow documentation)
Strong written and oral communication skills
Application Requirements
Document requirements Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Personal Statement
Statement of Research
Copies of 3-5 Significant Publications (Optional)
Reference requirements
3-5 required (contact information only)
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Job location
San Diego, CA
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