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I went out for one of these roles back in the early 2000's. I even flew to Dallas on my own dime to attend a Raytheon career fair, in hopes of getting in the d

I went out for one of these roles back in the early 2000's. I even flew to Dallas on my own dime to attend a Raytheon career fair, in hopes of getting in the door at Raytheon Polar Services. The recruiters at the fair had little knowledge of these openings and I never got a call back. I had about 8 years *NIX system admin experience at the time. Raytheon's contract expired and now support personnel are found through a variety of contractors. It's incredibly tough to get in the door at these places. I never got a single call-back from any of them back in the day, even though I was very competitive for jobs at private sector tech companies. I suspect that you have to have an inside contact or luck out and meet them at a career fair if you want to get your foot in the door.

b_emery 12y ago
Here's a list: http://ghgcorp.applicantpro.com/jobs/ http://ghgcorp.applicantpro.com/jobs/ You might also consider volunteering with a research group. Though they tend to select from pools of grad students, I would think that someone with technical skills (particularly hardware related) would be competitive.
- pdoconnell 12y ago
  Look at the job linked at the start of the article. There's always a few positions being floated either with IceCube, UW SSEC, or UW AOS that end up down there every year. That is also true of grad student positions, as you say.
shkkmo 12y ago
Inside contacts definitely helped back when Raytheon had the contract. I can't imagine that's much different now. I got a job working (labor) at Amundsen-Scott for a austral summer season when I was in college. I had three seasons of experience at a remote alaskan research station and I had several references from people who had worked down there. (There was a fair amount of crossover between the USAP and other NSF funded remote research stations)

b_emery 12y ago

Here's a list: http://ghgcorp.applicantpro.com/jobs/ http://ghgcorp.applicantpro.com/jobs/ You might also consider volunteering with a research group. Though they tend to select from pools of grad students, I would think that someone with technical skills (particularly hardware related) would be competitive.

pdoconnell 12y ago
Look at the job linked at the start of the article. There's always a few positions being floated either with IceCube, UW SSEC, or UW AOS that end up down there every year. That is also true of grad student positions, as you say.

shkkmo 12y ago

Inside contacts definitely helped back when Raytheon had the contract. I can't imagine that's much different now. I got a job working (labor) at Amundsen-Scott for a austral summer season when I was in college. I had three seasons of experience at a remote alaskan research station and I had several references from people who had worked down there. (There was a fair amount of crossover between the USAP and other NSF funded remote research stations)