Research Engineer – Python Earth diagnostics developer (RE2)

Organisation/Company

BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER

Research Field

Physics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)
Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

1 Mar 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37,5

Offer Starting Date

1 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

7_24_ES_EDD_RE2

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description
Context And Mission

Within the Earth Sciences department, the Data and Diagnostics Team is part of the core development team of the ESMVal Tool (https://esmvaltool.org/ ), community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP. This suite of Python tools aims at efficiently loading and analyzing very big Earth simulation data, comparing them with observations.

The successful applicant will join the BSC Computational Earth Sciences group, within the Earth Sciences Department, to help at the practical implementation of new diagnostics in ESMVal, contribute to their optimisation and provide support to the users of the department for the use of the tool.

Moreover, the applicant will contribute to the ongoing strategy for the development of the Earth Sciences Department tools, thereby increasing the applicability and international visibility—and hence the impact—of the research coming out of present and future projects. This work will be carried out interacting closely with the climate prediction group and external collaborators/software vendors.

Key Duties

• Contribute to the optimization and development of the ESMVal python tool
• Ensure internal user support for the tool

Requirements

Research Field

Physics

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Education
  • Having a Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics or related discipline
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Excellent computing skills in Python and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash,etc)
  • Experience in managing large datasets and Python parallelization
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Knowledge of climate data formats (NetCDF, grib) will be valued
  • Previous experience in scientific software and tools (CDO, CDFTools, ESMValTools, Numpy and Scipy, Xarray,… etc) will be valued
  • Good programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git and/or SVN
• Competences
  • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines.
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team.
  • Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily.
  • Fluency in English, both speaking and writing

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Additional Information
Benefits

• The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
• Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
• Starting date: as soon as possible

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Country

Spain

State/Province

Barcelona

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/724eseddre2

Contact

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.bsc.es/

Street

c/ Jordi Girona nº31

Postal Code

08034

STATUS: EXPIRED