Hybrid MPAS Infrastructure Software Engineer

Lynker; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare for employee

PTO + holidays

401(k) with company matching

ESOP – employee ownership

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Lynker is seeking a Scientific Software Developer for MPAS Infrastructure in the DC Metro area. The role combines software engineering, scientific computing, and HPC in support of the UFS Weather Model, with hybrid work: 2 days a week in College Park, MD and 3 days remote.

The successful candidate will implement MPAS dycore integration, develop testing frameworks, and apply AI tools to accelerate code and documentation, while collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen or green card holder required (as per posting).
• Experience with MPAS or other dynamical cores (dycores).
• Proficiency in Fortran and Python; strong Linux scripting and HPC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure for MPAS integration as a new dycore within the UFS Weather Model.
• Expand NUOPC caps and mediator configurations for robust coupled model setups.
• Ensure portability of builds and testing across HPC platforms, incl. GPUs.
• Develop CI workflows and modern Git-based processes; mentor teammates.

Skills

Fortran

Python

Bash

Git

SLURM

CMake/CTest

CI/CD

NUOPC/MPAS

AI tools

English comms

Education

Meteorology/Physics/CS

Tools

ESMF

CICE

CDEPS

GitHub/GitLab

Job description

Lynker is seeking a Scientific Software Developer for MPAS Infrastructure in the DC Metro area. The role combines software engineering, scientific computing, and HPC in support of the UFS Weather Model, with hybrid work: 2 days a week in College Park, MD and 3 days remote.

The successful candidate will implement MPAS dycore integration, develop testing frameworks, and apply AI tools to accelerate code and documentation, while collaborating across teams.