Hybrid Wave Modeling Scientist – Operational & AI/ML

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Paid holidays

PTO

Learning & development

Job summary

Lynker is seeking a sharp Support Scientist for Operational Wave Modeling Development to accelerate and enhance RWPS capabilities for the National Weather Service. The role emphasizes hybrid work with 2 days in the College Park, MD office and 3 days remote, contributing to physics-based and ML wave frameworks and cross-agency collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have an MS in a related field and 7+ years in weather forecasting or coastal ocean science, plus strong programming in FORTRAN90,

Qualifications

• MS in meteorology, physical oceanography, coastal engineering or related field with 7+ years in weather forecasting or coastal ocean science.
• Knowledge of spectral wave models (e.g., WAVEWATCH III) for real-time applications.
• Experience running numerical models on HPC systems using MPI, OpenMP, Slurm, LSF.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices and version control.
• Proficiency in FORTRAN90, Python and C++.
• Experience in UNIX environments with shell scripting and running complex jobs.
• Proficiency using GitHub to manage repositories and projects.
• Ability to maintain, visualize, and disseminate marine modeling output and web-based products.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply methods for operational wave modeling within RWPS.
• Support integration of wave modeling capabilities and ensure alignment with standards.
• Advance coastal processes formulations for runup, total water level, and rip current forecasting.
• Collaborate to apply AI/ML techniques to improve forecasts and efficiency.
• Work across interagency and private sectors to transition research to operations.
• Design and run numerical experiments with verification and data-fusion techniques.
• Maintain, visualize, and disseminate marine modeling output and web-based products for operations and public use.

Skills

Meteorology

Physical Oceanography

Coastal Engineering

WAVEWATCH III

MPI

OpenMP

Slurm

LSF

FORTRAN90

Python

C++

UNIX/Linux

GitHub

Education

MS in meteorology, physical oceanography, coastal engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub

MPI

OpenMP

Slurm

LSF

FORTRAN90

Python

C++

UNIX shell

Shell scripting

Job description

Lynker is seeking a sharp Support Scientist for Operational Wave Modeling Development to accelerate and enhance RWPS capabilities for the National Weather Service. The role emphasizes hybrid work with 2 days in the College Park, MD office and 3 days remote, contributing to physics-based and ML wave frameworks and cross-agency collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have an MS in a related field and 7+ years in weather forecasting or coastal ocean science, plus strong programming in FORTRAN90,