Earth System Model Scientist: Hydrology & Lake Physics

Lynker; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company matching

ESOP – employee-owned

Tuition assistance

Spot bonuses

Annual recognition awards

Employee referral program

Learning Management System

Career growth plans

Job summary

Lynker in College Park, MD, is seeking a sharp Support Scientist for Earth System Model Physics and Hydrology Development to support the Unified Forecast System. The role focuses on developing land model parameterizations and hydrology components within CCPP, and involves collaboration with NWS/OMD.

The ideal candidate will work in a hybrid schedule, spending 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, with emphasis on testing, evaluation, and pushing advances in lakes, river routing, surface

Qualifications

• General knowledge of earth system modeling with demonstrated experience in developing land model parameterizations.
• Experience with a broad range of hydrologic process models, including 1-D/3-D lakes, river routing, surface inundation and groundwater.
• Experience with machine learning methods relevant to land surface modeling, including LSTM and Transformers.
• Experience in land/lake/hydrology model evaluation, data post-processing and statistical analysis including accuracy and uncertainty analysis, especially at the land process level.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices, particularly GitHub/Git and version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the lake model and hydrological components for the Unified Forecast System within the CCPP framework.
• Support the integration and implementation of lake and hydrological components into the UFS land model.
• Conduct testing and evaluation of UFS model performance with updates to the land model hydrological components across regional and global scales.
• Work independently and collaboratively, applying innovative methods for the primary work areas.
• Collaborate with forecast system teams and external partners to improve physics parameterizations within the UFS framework.

Skills

Earth system modeling

Land model parameterizations

Hydrologic processes

ML for land surface modeling

Git/GitHub

Fortran

Python

UNIX/shell scripting

Tools

Git/GitHub

Job description

Lynker in College Park, MD, is seeking a sharp Support Scientist for Earth System Model Physics and Hydrology Development to support the Unified Forecast System. The role focuses on developing land model parameterizations and hydrology components within CCPP, and involves collaboration with NWS/OMD.

The ideal candidate will work in a hybrid schedule, spending 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, with emphasis on testing, evaluation, and pushing advances in lakes, river routing, surface