Climate Extremes Research Associate

Admin; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Working for Switzerland

Embracing diversity

Staying healthy at work

Job summary

MeteoSwiss invites researchers to contribute to climatological investigations, analyze weather and climate model data, and develop data tools. You will collaborate with national and international partners within CLIM+ and publish reports and papers.

Applicants should have a PhD in atmospheric/climate science, deep knowledge of climate extremes, experience with NWP/reanalysis/climate model datasets, programming skills, and an interest in machine learning.

Qualifications

• PhD in atmospheric and climate science, meteorology, environmental science, physics or a related subject.
• Very good knowledge of the dynamics of extreme weather and climate extremes in mid-latitudes, and the influence of circulation and teleconnections.
• Very good knowledge of analysis and handling of datasets from numerical weather prediction, reanalysis and climate models.
• Experience in using modern analytical methods and programming, basic understanding of and interest in machine learning.
• Enjoy collaborating with project partners and is motivated to find solutions together.
• Proficiency in two official languages and very good command of English.

Responsibilities

• This is how you can contribute: Conduct climatological investigations into extreme weather events (large-scale circulation considerations).
• Scientifically analyse weather and climate model data.
• Analyse characteristics, variability and trends in pre-industrial, present-day and future climates.
• Develop data analysis tools, manage data and bring research results into operations.
• Collaborate with national and international partners (CLIM+).
• Produce reports, documentation and scientific publications.

Skills

Climate data analysis

Programming

Machine learning basics

Collaboration

English proficiency

Education

PhD in atmospheric/climate science

Job description

MeteoSwiss invites researchers to contribute to climatological investigations, analyze weather and climate model data, and develop data tools. You will collaborate with national and international partners within CLIM+ and publish reports and papers.

Applicants should have a PhD in atmospheric/climate science, deep knowledge of climate extremes, experience with NWP/reanalysis/climate model datasets, programming skills, and an interest in machine learning.