Jobs
This function is part of the “Solar Influences Data analysis Center (SIDC)”, whose mission is to advance knowledge of the Sun and its influence on the solar system, through research and observations.
The specific purpose of this function is to contribute to maximizing scientific return of solar data via statistical analysis and artificial intelligence.
This position requires proficiency in English, given that documentation, meetings, and international contacts will be conducted primarily in English.
Maintaining an atomic timescale constitutes one of the tasks of the 'Reference Systems and Planetary Sciences' Operational Directorate of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), to which the Time Laboratory belongs. This function is part of the production and dissemination of the Belgian legal timescale, UTC(ORB), realized at the Time Laboratory.
The specific purpose of this function is to contribute to the monitoring of the Observatory’s Time Laboratory, both for the microwave and optical devices, to ameliorate the operational scripting chain, and to consolidate the database management.
The vacant position is linked to the Operational Directorate (OD) Seismology and Gravimetry. The main task of this OD is to study seismic activity, and its causes and consequences, in Belgium and Western Europe.
To support this research and to provide relevant and timely information about earthquakes in our region to the authorities, the media and the public, this OD develops and maintains a seismic network for monitoring seismic activity in Belgium.