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Study engineer – Development and maintenance of R packages to support harvest management

La Rochelle Université · State civil service

En français : Ingénieur d'études – Développement et maintenance de packages R pour l'appui à la gestion des prélèvements

This job in plain words

This job is based in La Rochelle, at the Pelagis Observatory. It involves improving and maintaining R packages to estimate harvest thresholds for wild species, as part of the PopART project. The job is open only to contract staff, and remote work is possible.

Open to non-civil servants Remote work possible

Can you apply?

Open only to contract staff, not to civil servants. No nationality condition is stated.

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Master's degree or equivalent (bac+5)
Experience
Experience is welcome but not required
Contract
Contract staff only. Fixed-term contract of 13 months, renewable up to 30 months

The profile they want:

  • Master's degree level (bac+5)
  • Skills in modelling and population dynamics (matrix models)
  • Good command of R, including tidyverse and ggplot
  • Written and spoken English
  • Interest in coding and programming
  • Independence, rigour and willingness to learn

What you would do

  • Improve the popharvest package to better estimate harvest sustainability
  • Improve the RLA package, including demographic invariants
  • Add sensitivity analyses and age and sex structures
  • Speed up calculation time for management strategy simulations
  • Summarise the results of the first two research phases

How to apply

Apply on the employer's website, using the button on the official offer page.

Documents to send:

  • CV (required)
  • Cover letter (required)

Good to know:

  • Remote work possible: 1 day per week after 4 months, 2 days after 6 months
  • Travel within France to be expected (Montpellier, Chizé, Arles)
  • 75% of public transport costs covered
  • Full-time job

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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