The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) invites candidates to apply for the Director of Marine Operations position. We seek an individual with a management and programmatic vision to advance the use of MBARI’s state-of-the art sea-going assets, including the R/V David Packard (arriving November 2023), R/V Rachel Carson, R/V Paragon, MARS deep-sea cabled observatory, and fleet of remotely operated and autonomous systems. More information about MBARI and its current research and staff is available here. Founded in 1987 by the late David Packard, MBARI is dedicated to merging science, engineering, and marine operations for the purpose of developing new instruments, methods, and systems for advancing scienti

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