Job offer

European Commission; France; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading research organization in France seeks a radio astronomical data scientist for the Horizon Europe funded project 'SPECTRUM'. The role involves collaborating with various research infrastructures and working on innovative solutions for data-intensive science, contributing to significant advancements in astronomy.

Qualifications

• Experience in a major astronomy project required.
• Previous experience in coordinating a geographically dispersed scientific community required.
• Capability to deliver clear presentations and documentation in English.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to joint efforts of RA and HEP research infrastructures.
• Animate Community of Practice in RA, producing use cases and policy recommendations.
• Develop a technical blueprint for European compute and data continuum.

Connaissances

Teamwork

Clear presentation skills

Document writing

Coordination of scientific communities

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Laboratoire Joseph-Louis Lagrange Research Field Astronomy Astronomy » Astrophysics Astronomy » Cosmology Researcher Profile Leading Researcher (R4) Country France Application Deadline 9 Jul 2025 - 23:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The radio astronomical data scientist will work within the Horizon Europe funded project “SPECTRUM”. Through the collaboration of members of the high-energy physics (HEP), radio astronomy (RA) and e-infrastructures' communities, SPECTRUM will deliver in 2026 a Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) which defines the vision, overall goals, main technical and non-technical priorities, investment areas and a research, innovation and deployment roadmap for data-intensive science and infrastructures.

- Contribute to the joint efforts of HEP & RA research infrastructures and e-infrastructures to address common research and innovation needs towards exabyte-scale computing
- Actively animating a Community of Practice in RA to produce a compendium of 1/ use cases, related challenges, gaps and requirements covering technical and policy aspects, 2/ existing approaches, existing services, technical solutions and policies for the federation of data and compute infrastructures
- Contribututing to the development of a technical blueprint of a European compute and data continuum
- Contribute to the SRIDA delivery by participating on the identification of strategic action paths, specific actions and policy recommendations

The amount of data gathered, shared and processed in frontier research is set to increase steeply in the coming decade, leading to unprecedented data processing, simulation and analysis needs. In particular, High Energy Physics and Radio Astronomy are gearing up for groundbreaking instruments, necessitating infrastructures many times larger than the current capabilities. In this context, the EU-funded SPECTRUM project brings together leading European science organisations and e-Infrastructure providers to formulate a Strategic Research, Innovation, and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) along with a Technical Blueprint for a European computer and data continuum. This collaborative effort is set to create an Exabyte-scale research data federation and compute continuum, fostering data-intensive scientific collaborations across Europe.
CNRS is the French insitute participating in the SPECTRUM project, bringing expertise in the RA domain. CNRS is the institute leading the French participation to the SKA Observatory and to the ERIC LOFAR. The Data Scientist will work at the Lagrange Department of Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, where Chiara Ferrari, main contact of CNRS withiun the project SPECTRUM and representative for CNRS at SKAO and LOFAR Councils, is based.

- Experience working for a major astronomy project (required)
- Previous experience in the coordination of a wide and geographically dispersed scientific community (required)
- Ability to work in a team and respect deadlines (required)
- Capability to write documents and deliver clear presentations in English (required)
- Experience working as scientific support for the design of astronomical hardware and software systems (desired)

Additional comments

Candidates are invited to apply directly on the CNRS job portal (https://emploi.cnrs.fr/ ), but also to send the following to the CNRS lead of the SPRECTUM project, Dr Chiara Ferrari ([e-mail] ):
- CV
- Letter of motivation
- Statement of expertise in the domain of radio astronomy and associated data and computing needs
- List of 3 reference contacts (Name · Current Job/Position · Company · Email Address)