Impactful AI Weather Forecasting Research Engineer

MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence); Abu Dhabi; Sur place; AED 201 000 - 335 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Tax-free salary

Housing allowance

Medical insurance

Annual return flight

Visa support

Résumé du poste

MBZUAI invites applications for a fully funded Research Engineer position in AI for Weather Forecasting for 3-12 months. The role, supervised by Prof.

Souhaib Ben Taieb, sits within a collaboration with the University of Chicago and is funded by UAE authorities and the Gates Foundation. It offers a tax-free monthly salary, housing allowance, comprehensive medical insurance, a return flight, and visa support.

Qualifications

• Experience applying machine-learning methods to weather forecasting or climate analysis.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with ML frameworks.
• Experience working with weather datasets (reanalysis, satellite, observations, forecasts).
• Knowledge of ML and statistical modeling.

Responsabilités

• Implement and evaluate ML methods for weather forecasting and spatiotemporal problems.
• Build reproducible workflows for data processing, model training, and evaluation.
• Conduct experiments and analyze model performance to improve forecasts.
• Develop forecasting models and research software for research and operational use.
• Collaborate with researchers and international partners in weather and climate services.

Connaissances

ML for forecasting

Python programming

Weather datasets

English communication

Formation

Master's degree in a relevant field

Outils

xarray

Dask

NetCDF

Zarr

Description du poste

MBZUAI invites applications for a fully funded Research Engineer position in AI for Weather Forecasting for 3-12 months. The role, supervised by Prof.

Souhaib Ben Taieb, sits within a collaboration with the University of Chicago and is funded by UAE authorities and the Gates Foundation. It offers a tax-free monthly salary, housing allowance, comprehensive medical insurance, a return flight, and visa support.