AI-Driven Weather Forecasting Research Engineer

MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 391,000 - 580,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing allowance

Medical insurance

Annual flight home

Full visa support

Job summary

MBZUAI invites applications for a fully funded Research Engineer position in AI for Weather Forecasting for 3-12 months, under the supervision of Prof. Souhaib Ben Taieb.

The role sits within MBZUAI and the AI for Climate initiative, with support from UAE authorities and the Gates Foundation. The position offers a tax-free monthly salary, housing allowance, comprehensive medical insurance, an annual return flight, and full visa application support.

Qualifications

• Experience applying ML methods to weather forecasting or climate analysis.
• Strong Python programming skills with ML frameworks.
• Experience with weather/climate datasets (reanalysis, satellite, observations, or forecasts).
• Knowledge of ML and statistical modeling.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Master's degree in CS, Math, Statistics, Data Science, Atmospheric or Climate Science.

Responsibilities

• Implement and evaluate ML methods for weather forecasting and related spatiotemporal problems.
• Build workflows for data processing, model training, and forecast evaluation.
• Conduct experiments, establish baselines, analyze model performance, and troubleshoot issues.
• Develop forecasting models and research software for research and operational settings.
• Collaborate with researchers and national/international partners in weather and climate services.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

Data analysis

English communication

Education

Master's degree

Tools

xarray

Dask

NetCDF

Zarr

Git

Linux

Job description

MBZUAI invites applications for a fully funded Research Engineer position in AI for Weather Forecasting for 3-12 months, under the supervision of Prof. Souhaib Ben Taieb.

The role sits within MBZUAI and the AI for Climate initiative, with support from UAE authorities and the Gates Foundation. The position offers a tax-free monthly salary, housing allowance, comprehensive medical insurance, an annual return flight, and full visa application support.