Zooplankton Imaging Scientist - California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has an opening for a Zooplankton Imaging Scientist (Environmental Scientist) at the Region 3 Bay Delta (Stockton) office in the Interagency Ecological Program. The final filing date for this job opportunity closes 11/7/2025.
Job Description and Duties:
The Zooplankton Imaging Scientist is responsible for zooplankton processing including sorting, maintaining cultures, conducting microscope-based taxonomic classification, and sample pre-processing for analyses with a flow-imaging microscope (FlowCam). This position is also responsible for conducting image-sorting using classification modeling software and for providing expert taxonomic verification. The incumbent will serve as an expert on San Francisco Bay-Delta zooplankton taxonomy, ecology, and life histories as part of a multi-disciplinary team focused on methods development.
Essential functions include zooplankton analysis and digital imaging; data management, analysis and reporting; zooplankton culturing and identification; image classification and validation; and lab operations and interagency coordination.
To be eligible for this position, you must either be transfer eligible or take and pass the Environmental Scientist exam.
This position is a 12-month Limited Term (LT) and may be extended up to 24 months or become permanent.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement (PDF).
If you currently have permanent status in your position and have passed probation, you have mandatory reinstatement rights into your former position at the end of this LT appointment. If you have not had prior permanent or probationary civil service status, you will be separated from state service.
During this 12-month Limited Term assignment, you will receive full health, dental, and vision benefits! You will also earn State Service and accrue monthly leave credits.