Atmospheric Composition Forecast & Reanalysis Lead

Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant tickets

Private health insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is seeking a Research Engineer to join the Atmospheric Composition group. You will contribute to forecasts and reanalyses of atmospheric pollutants and coordinate data assimilation activities within CAMS-related projects.

The role requires a Master’s in a relevant field, hands-on experience with operational forecasting, HPC, and programming (Python/Fortran). You will work in a collaborative international environment in Barcelona.

Qualifications

• A university degree (Master's) in atmospheric sciences, physics, computer science, engineering, mathematics or related disciplines.
• A PhD in a related field will be valued.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in operational atmospheric composition forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating technical activities and the work of several contributors: planning, tracking tasks and milestones, and delivering to deadline.
• Experience in international collaborative projects, including preparation, reporting and timely delivery of project deliverables, and representing a team in project meetings.
• Experience working on HPC systems.
• Working knowledge of Python and/or Fortran, shell scripting and Unix/Linux environments, and of collaborative code development with version control (e.g. Git).
• Experience with observational data processing and model evaluation workflows (in-situ and satellite observations).
• Experience running numerical models (e.g. atmospheric composition, air quality or weather models).
• Knowledge of quality assurance procedures for operational services (e.g. Copernicus, WMO).
• Experience managing HPC allocations and computational resources.
• Experience delivering training, onboarding or mentoring for team members and external users.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team's technical activities within CAMS2_40bis and its contributions to CAMS2_82bis and the BDRC, including planning, follow-up of tasks and milestones, and reporting.
• Coordinate the preparation and timely delivery of project deliverables, and represent the team in international project meetings.
• Coordinate the upgrades of the production systems: define and evaluate target model configurations, organize the e-suite experiments, and ensure successful operational deployments.
• Coordinate the production of atmospheric composition reanalyses, from planning and set-up to monitoring, validation and dissemination.
• Oversee the overall quality assurance of the forecast and reanalysis products, including routine evaluation against in-situ and satellite observations.
• Improve the organization and coordination of the researchers and engineers contributing to developments and production, promoting common workflows, documentation and best practices.
• Manage the HPC resources related to production, including allocation requests, usage planning and monitoring.

Skills

Python

Fortran

Unix/Linux

HPC systems

Project coordination

Education

Master's in atmospheric sciences

PhD (valued)

Tools

Git

Job description

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is seeking a Research Engineer to join the Atmospheric Composition group. You will contribute to forecasts and reanalyses of atmospheric pollutants and coordinate data assimilation activities within CAMS-related projects.

The role requires a Master’s in a relevant field, hands-on experience with operational forecasting, HPC, and programming (Python/Fortran). You will work in a collaborative international environment in Barcelona.