HPC scientific software engineer

Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working hours

Private health insurance

Restaurant tickets

Extensive training plan

Support for relocation

23 paid vacation days

Additional holidays on December 24th and 31st

Descripción de la vacante

Join a forward-thinking research center as a Senior Research Engineer, where you'll tackle exciting challenges in climate change modeling. You will develop and enhance cutting-edge applications, collaborating closely with top scientists in a stimulating environment. This role offers the chance to work on significant European projects, utilizing your expertise in high-level programming languages and HPC systems. Enjoy a supportive workplace with flexible hours, extensive training, and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're passionate about making a difference in climate science, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Formación

• Experience in scientific research related to climate or ocean modelling.
• Excellent computing skills in Fortran or C/C++ and scripting languages.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and integrate new scientific features into climate models.
• Validate scientific correctness and measure computational impact.

Conocimientos

Fortran

C/C++

Bash

Python

Problem-solving

Scientific research

Collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Physical Engineering

PhD in a related field

Herramientas

HPC systems

Git

Unix/Linux environments

Descripción del empleo

Senior Research Engineer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Do you want to work on engineering solutions for exciting and challenging top-notch European projects related to process-based models to study Climate Change?

At the High-Performance Computing team of the Earth Sciences Department at BSC, we are looking for an engineer or a researcher to work in the development and improvement of climate applications. The tasks include:

• Develop and/or integrate new scientific features into the source code of the models used in the department, such as IFS
• Validate the scientific correctness of the new developments
• Measure the computational impact of the new developments to guarantee an efficient scalability
• Close interaction with the Climate Variability and Change (CVC) and Atmospheric Composition (AC) groups, and external collaborators

Requirements

• Possess a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, physical engineering, mathematics, physics, or a closely related field. A PhD in a related field is not essential but will be appreciated
• Experience in scientific research, particularly in areas related to climate or ocean modelling
• Experience in running scientific codes on large HPC systems
• Excellent computing skills in high-level computer languages (especially Fortran or C/C++)
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments and scripting languages (Bash, Python, etc)
• Programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Learning capacity and motivation to maintain a learning progression
• Good written and verbal skills and capacity to support Earth and Computational scientists
• Fluency in English

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
• Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Research Services