Postdoctoral Researcher in Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Marine Monitoring and Field Trials.

The Photonic Systems Group at Tyndall National Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join its research activities in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), underwater acoustics, and marine monitoring. The position focuses on the development, deployment, and validation of DAS-based monitoring methods on submarine fibre infrastructure. The successful candidate will play a central role in the Irish site ATLAS activities, including calibration and validation studies, shore-based monitoring, and correlation of DAS measurements with hydrophone and AIS/GPS data.

Requirements

• Work with national and international partners in academia, marine monitoring, and industry on research and development activities within the ATLAS project.
• Support the deployment, operation, and validation of DAS interrogator system on submarine fibre infrastructure for marine monitoring applications.
• Design and execute calibration and validation experiments, including DAS data acquisition during vessel passages.
• Process, analyse, and interpret large time-series datasets using software tools such as Python and/or MATLAB.
• Develop and refine signal processing workflows for vessel passage detection, vessel tracking, acoustic event identification, and comparison against AIS/GPS and hydrophone data.
• Contribute to technical reports, project deliverables, and dissemination material, and present results at project meetings and scientific conferences.

Benefits

• Salary: €46,805 - €50,670 p.a.
• Appointment on the IUA Scale for Post Doctoral Researcher