Climate Services Scientist: Decadal Predictions & Data

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC); Barcelona; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant tickets

Private health insurance

Relocation support

Job summary

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center seeks a postdoctoral researcher or research engineer to develop climate services, analyze decadal predictions, and create tailored climate information for various socio-economic sectors. The role offers collaboration within an international, multidisciplinary team and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure in Barcelona.

The candidate will handle large climate datasets, implement reproducible workflows for HPC environments, and contribute to publications and

Qualifications

• Masters degree in physics, environmental sciences, mathematics or computer science.
• Experience handling, analysing and validating datasets.
• Proficiency in Python and Linux.
• Experience with large geospatial/climate datasets.
• Knowledge in statistics.
• Strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine methodologies to produce user-oriented climate information from decadal predictions.
• Support automated workflows: data loading, post-processing, evaluation, saving; deploy on HPC systems.
• Statistical downscaling tailored to regional and sector-specific applications.
• Develop frameworks bridging seasonal-to-decadal timescales and decadal-to-projection scales.
• Explore hybrid methods combining dynamical modelling with statistical/machine-learning approaches.
• Conduct forecast evaluation using deterministic and probabilistic metrics and user-relevant indicators.
• Consider observational references and discrepancies; reconcile when possible.
• Contribute to publications, documentation, and project deliverables.
• Transition research prototypes to operational environments.

Skills

Dataset analysis

Python programming

Geospatial data

Statistics knowledge

English communication

HPC workflows

Linux proficiency

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Linux environment

Python

Job description

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center seeks a postdoctoral researcher or research engineer to develop climate services, analyze decadal predictions, and create tailored climate information for various socio-economic sectors. The role offers collaboration within an international, multidisciplinary team and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure in Barcelona.

The candidate will handle large climate datasets, implement reproducible workflows for HPC environments, and contribute to publications and