Research engineer - R data analysis tools developer (RE2)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Restaurant tickets

Private health insurance

Relocation support

Descripción de la vacante

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) seeks a Research Engineer to consolidate and further develop Earth data verification tools using R. The role is within the Data and Diagnostics Team in the Earth Sciences Department and involves coordinating tool development with users in an HPC environment.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor in CS or related field, strong R skills, and experience with UNIX/Linux, GRIB/NetCDF formats, and parallel programming.

Formación

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline.
• Excellent skills in R or similar languages.
• Knowledge of climate data formats (GRIB, NetCDF).
• Experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, etc).
• Previous experience in HPC architecture and parallel programming (multi-threaded applications).
• Good programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git.
• Fluency in English, both speaking and writing.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate developments of Department R tools, in close relation with users, within a High-Performance Computing environment.
• Contribute to the deployment and installation of the packages in the shared department environment.
• Contribute to the ongoing strategy for the development of Earth Sciences Department tools.

Conocimientos

R programming

UNIX/Linux

Bash scripting

Multi-threaded programming

Git

Educación

Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline

Herramientas

GRIB

NetCDF

Descripción del empleo

Job Reference 400_26_ES_CES_RE2

Job title Research engineer - R data analysis tools developer (RE2)

Closing date Wednesday, 26 August, 2026

Starting date October

About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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Context And Mission

The BSC Computational Earth Sciences Group (CES) is looking for a software developer to consolidate and further develop the existing software environment for Earth data verification. The Data and Diagnostics Team, in which the position is located, has developed over the years a suite of several R packages used by the scientists of the department to perform their analysis and verify the simulations over observations and reanalysis, from sub-seasonal to climate time scales, from the load of the data to the computation of the diagnostics and scores and the visualization.

Key Duties

• To coordinate developments of Department R tools, in close relation with the users, giving them the appropriate support with the use of them within a High-Performance Computing environment.
• To contribute to the deployment and installation of the packages in the shared department environment.
• To contribute to the ongoing strategy for the development of the Earth Sciences Department tools.

Requirements

• Education
  • A Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Excellent skills in R or similar languages
  • Knowledge of climate data formats (GRIB, NetCDF)
  • Experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash,etc)
  • Previous experience in HPC architecture and parallel programming (multi-threaded applications) will be valued
  • Good programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Fluency in English, both speaking and writing
• Competences
  • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team
  • Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract (35h/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: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 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
• Starting date: October

Deadline

The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

OTM-R principles for selection processes

BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.

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