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Leads all phases of the North American ALMA2040 project, providing scientific, technical, and programmatic direction. Responsibilities include organizing NRAO and community activities, leading Decadal Survey efforts, coordinating international partners, working with funding agencies, managing stakeholders, and providing project status reports. The role also allows time for independent astronomical research and requires domestic and international travel.

Designs, implements, simulates, and verifies embedded Linux software for processor-based FPGA devices and digital correlators. Develops embedded applications using AMD/Xilinx Vitis, Python, PetaLinux, and Yocto, while resolving complex technical issues and collaborating with multidisciplinary research teams. Requires expertise with AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC/RFSoC processing systems and BSP development. The role is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, with occasional domestic and international travel.

Manages the visitor journey, membership program, donor stewardship, and visitor-facing systems. Develops newsletters, promotional materials, direct mail, email campaigns, and online content while overseeing ticketing, kiosks, CRM platforms, reporting, and data management. Supports visitor marketing, membership renewals, communications, and advancement initiatives. The role requires strong copywriting, communication, organizational, database, and customer service skills, along with compliance, transportation, physical activity, and work authorization requirements.

Supports the Zone Regulatory Services Manager by reviewing RF transmitter applications, verifying technical specifications, maintaining application databases, analyzing frequency compatibility, and using interference data to recommend mitigation. The role involves researching FCC and NTIA requirements, coordinating frequency requests, and discussing transmitter design, testing, and troubleshooting with engineers and technical staff.

Supports the design, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, installation, and maintenance of radio telescope electronics and related systems. Procures and tests microwave components, fabricates prototype and production units, develops test setups, analyzes test data, and documents results. The role may involve field work, climbing antennas, and domestic or international travel.

Develop, test, maintain, and document real-time monitor and control software for radio telescopes. Responsibilities include interfacing with hardware and electronics, modeling antenna and instrument configurations, implementing validation rules, diagnosing distributed-system issues, supporting mission-critical 24/7 facilities, and collaborating with scientists, engineers, and telescope operators.

Leads complex, high-value acquisitions supporting scientific, engineering, construction, and capital programs. Develops acquisition strategies, procurement justifications, cost and price analyses, negotiation positions, contractual instruments, and award documentation. Administers procurements through closeout while advising technical teams, Finance, Legal, leadership, sponsors, and external stakeholders. Applies Federal procurement requirements, Uniform Guidance, NSF requirements, and organizational policies. The role is based in Albuquerque with periodic domestic and international travel.

Lead the architecture, design, integration, and deployment of FPGA-based digital signal processing systems for next-generation radio telescopes. Define subsystem interfaces, data flows, timing, synchronization, and integration across FPGA processing, embedded software, digitizers, and external transport systems. Conduct design reviews, document architectures and verification approaches, and provide technical leadership while contributing hands-on RTL development and system integration.

Design, develop, test, and maintain real-time online software controlling radio telescope systems. Translate scientific observing parameters into hardware configurations and commands, model domain constraints, diagnose cross-system issues, document requirements and designs, and support code reviews, testing, and releases for mission-critical observatory facilities.