Hybrid MPAS Infrastructure Software Developer

Lynker Technologies; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

Lynker Technologies seeks a Scientific Software Developer for MPAS Infrastructure to advance integration of MPAS into the UFS Weather Model. The role requires hybrid work in the DC Metro area, combining 2 days in-office in College Park, MD with 3 days remote.

The candidate will work on NUOPC coupling, performance profiling, CI workflows, and collaboration with external model components. U.S. citizenship/green card is required.)

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card Holder is required (as stated).
• Experience with MPAS or other dynamical cores, and with Earth system modeling.
• Proficiency in Fortran and Python, plus shell scripting (Bash).
• Experience developing parallel models on HPC systems and using SLURM/PBS schedulers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct infrastructure development to integrate MPAS as a new dynamical core within the UFS Weather Model.
• Develop NUOPC caps and mediator configurations for coupled model workflows.
• Enable standalone testing of components within the coupled model.
• Ensure portable build systems and unit/regression testing across HPC platforms, including GPUs.
• Profile parallel code, identify bottlenecks, and explore scalability improvements.
• Develop, debug, and maintain CI workflows and Git-based development practices.

Skills

Fortran

Python

Bash

Git

CI/CD

MPAS/NUOPC familiarity

C++

HPC/NUOPC concepts

Tools

CMake

CTest

SLURM

PBS

GitHub/GitLab

Docker/Podman

Spack

Apptainer/Singularity

Job description

Lynker Technologies seeks a Scientific Software Developer for MPAS Infrastructure to advance integration of MPAS into the UFS Weather Model. The role requires hybrid work in the DC Metro area, combining 2 days in-office in College Park, MD with 3 days remote.

The candidate will work on NUOPC coupling, performance profiling, CI workflows, and collaboration with external model components. U.S. citizenship/green card is required.)