Scientist for development of climate model diagnostics

Scientist for development of climate model diagnostics

Background

The Climate Dynamics section of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, is looking for a skilled and motivated Scientist with expertise in Python programming and a solid background in oceanic, atmospheric or climate dynamics. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge climate modeling efforts by developing advanced diagnostics for high-resolution climate simulations. You will work on projects EERIE and Destination Earth . You will play a crucial part in the development and application of a data analysis framework tailored for novel kilometer-scale climate simulations.

Your Tasks

• Developing and implementingnew diagnostics and evaluation metrics for high-resolution ocean and climate models
• Analyzing large volumes of geophysical model data to improve understanding of oceanic and atmospheric processes
• Ensuring scalability and portability of analytics workflows for petabyte-scale datasets on EU Tier-1 HPC systems
• Collaborating with climate modelers, computer scientists, and software engineers across Europe to enhance Digital Twins of the climate system

Your Profile

• A Master’s degree with at least two years of experience, or a PhD in a relevant field such as oceanography, meteorology, climate science, physics, computer science, data science, or applied mathematics
• Strong Python programming skills, particularly in data analysis and scientific computing
• Experience with additional languages (e.g., Julia, R, or MATLAB) is beneficial
• Hands-on experience with geophysical model data, particularly high-resolution oceanic or atmospheric simulations
• Familiarity with Python’s data analytics ecosystem (e.g., Dask, Pandas, Xarray, Jupyter) and best practices in software development (e.g., version control with Git, writing tests, and documentation)
• Very good English knowledge (approximately equivalent to CEFR levels C1)

Please submit your application by April 22nd, 2025 exclusively online.