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Research Engineer

The NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va is seeking to fill a research position in acoustics. The successful candidate will join a team dedicated to research that examines the psychoacoustic response of humans to sonic booms and aircraft noise, both community (exterior) noise and passenger cabin (interior) noise. Vehicle types of interest include the complete range of fixed wing aircraft as well as rotorcraft.

Responsibilities include:

Design and execution of laboratory and field tests

Analysis, interpretation, and reporting of research results

Conception and design of unique test apparatuses

Education and experience will ideally include:

Sound knowledge of physical acoustics, psychoacoustics, psychometric methods

Experimental design, statistical analysis methods

Sound synthesis and simulation

An appropriate bachelor's degree is required; master's or doctoral(or equivalent)is preferred

Since this is a civil service position, U.S. citizenship is required.

Further details and the on-line application may be found at USAJobs:
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ftva.asp?opmcontrol=1176722

Posted 04/03/08

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