NRC seeks instrument scientist for JWST NIRISS support.
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The National Research Council Canada (NRC) and the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre (HAA) require one Instrument Scientist to provide scientific support for the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The work involves contributing to the development of the ground system at the JWST Science and Operations Center (S&OC) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The contractor must have expertise in astronomical instrumentation, data reduction, and calibration. The contract is valued at an unknown amount and is expected to be a single-source award.