Position: Researcher- Energy Industry

Location: Pretoria

Closing date: 4 December 2024

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• An Honours degree in economics, science or engineering from a recognized University with at least two years’ techno-economic analysis experience;
• High quality writing and analytical skills with an ability to distil key messages from complex source data/reports;
• Experience in economic modelling, energy utility, government, consulting, or economic analysis environment;
• Experience in the collection, monitoring, and management of economic data;
• Ability to work as part of a team, influencing decisions and reacting positively to challenges;
• All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).  

Key responsibilities:

• Support the development and maintenance of financial and economic modelling for the energy sector (Techno-economics);
• Assist in collecting data for purposes of economic modelling;
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research techniques in the energy sector;
• Contribute to the compilation of technical reports and presentations for clients in the energy sector;
• Support the energy industry research agenda (Energy Industry Support and Energy Transition Research).

Position: Doctoral Studentship- Earth Systems Science, Oceans and Climate

Location: Cape Town

Closing date: 3 December 2024

Requirements:

• A Master’s degree in oceanography, chemistry, marine biology, atmospheric science, geophysical fluid dynamics, applied mathematics, physics, or engineering;
• Must have:
  • Experience measuring dissolved oxygen would be advantageous;
  • Basic coding experience (e.g. Matlab / Python) towards data processing, analysis and visualisation will be advantageous;
  • A desire to participate in research cruises;
  • An understanding of basic statistics for the processing of large datasets will be advantageous;
  • Effective communication skills (oral, written and presentation);
• Capable of independent work and able to work under pressure.

Focus Area:

Oxygen and Biogeochemical Dynamics Along the West African Margin: The West African ocean margin is a highly productive zone, critical for supporting key fisheries and marine diversity. It is also characterised by extensive oxygen-poor regions making it particularly susceptible to future environmental changes such as deoxygenation, which could have major socio-economic consequences for several West African countries

Position: Image Processing Researcher

Location: Pretoria

Closing date:  02 December 2024

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in electronic/computer engineering, computer science or mathematics with at least one year experience (academic or work related) in video image processing and computer vision;  
• Academic or work related experience in image analysis, segmentation, and registration techniques; 
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in image processing, such as Python, Matlab, or C/C++; 
• Experience/exposure in deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch; 
• Familiarity with writing optimised code for GPUs, CPUs and heterogeneous processors; 
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team; 
• Ability to present research findings to technical and non-technical audiences  
• Problem-solving and solution-seeking orientation; 
• Good communication, presentation and report writing skills, including the publication of research outputs (journals and conference papers.).

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to research, design, develop and evaluate video image processing algorithms; 
• Contribute to solving problems related to image processing using a research-oriented approach; 
• Contribute to experiment design and execution of both laboratory and external field environments; 
• Conduct data analysis and modelling to develop algorithms; 
• Publish papers in peer-reviewed journals, books or conference proceedings;  
• Prepare project reports to disseminate information; 
• Participate in the development and maintenance of software tools and libraries for image processing and computer vision applications; 
• Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in image processing, computer vision, machine learning, and related fields.

Position: Senior Image Processing Researcher

Location: Pretoria

Closing date: 02 December 2024

Qualifications, skills, and experience:

• An Honours degree in electronic/computer engineering, computer science or mathematics with at least five years’ experience in video image processing and computer vision;
• A Master’s degree will be an advantage;
• Experience in image analysis, segmentation, and registration techniques;
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in image processing, such as Python, Matlab, or C/C++;
• Familiarity with writing optimised code for GPUs, CPUs and heterogeneous processors;
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team;
• Ability to present research findings to technical and non-technical audiences;
• Problem-solving and solution-seeking orientation;
• Excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills, including the publication of research outputs (journals and conference papers.)

Key responsibilities:

• Research, design, develop and evaluate video image processing algorithms;
• Solve problems related to image processing using a research-oriented approach;
• Experiment design and execution of both laboratory and external field environments;
• Conduct data analysis, modelling and develop algorithms;
• Publish papers in peer-reviewed journals, books or conference proceedings;
• Lead and mentor junior researchers;
• Prepare project reports to disseminate information;
• Participate in the development and maintenance of software tools and libraries for image processing and computer vision applications.

Application:

To send your application for any of the above positions, please visit https://candidate.csir.co.za/psc/hr/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL&Action=U