Job Description and Duties

This position can be located in Sacramento or Riverside County.

The On-Road Model Development Section (ORMDS) is recruiting for an Air Resources Engineer in the Mobile Source Analysis Branch (MSAB) of the Air Quality Planning and Science Division (AQPSD). This section is responsible for the development and refinement of the EMFAC on-road emissions inventory model. The EMFAC model supports air quality planning, transportation planning, photochemical modeling, and project level assessment. This section also plays a key role in development of on-road heavy-duty mobile source regulations by providing technical support to regulatory divisions within CARB.

Under the direction of the Section Manager, the incumbent will develop and utilize techniques to process, synthesize, and make sense of the increasing amounts of highly detailed data (e.g., portable emissions measurement system or PEMS, telematics) on mobile source emissions and activity. The incumbent will implement updates to input data, model formulations, and techniques into the EMFAC code using Python and MySQL. Through participation in various workgroups and potential team leadership opportunities, the incumbent will stay abreast of the state-of-the science in existing, new, or evolving data collection and data integration techniques related to on-road emission models and emissions modeling techniques (e.g. U.S. EPA’s MOVES model). They will also provide review of technical reports, memoranda, and other documents intended for management or outside stakeholders.

In addition to technical data analysis and model development, staff are routinely asked to review the work of others, and to communicate with a wide variety of internal and external clients. We expect applicants to have an ability to communicate effectively on a technical and policy level, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of stakeholders including other CARB divisions, government agencies, policymakers, industry, environmental organizations, and the public.

CARB offers various modern interview options including remote phone and video interviews.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.