JEDI Data Assimilation Scientist | Transition to Operations

Lynker; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free healthcare

PTO & holidays

401(k) with company match

ESOP

Job summary

Lynker, an employee-owned professional services firm, seeks a data assimilation engineer to support the National Weather Service in moving JEDI-based systems into operations and to contribute to the Unified Forecast System.

The role focuses on developing, evaluating, and testing JEDI components, transitioning observation modeling and QC, and integrating with atmospheric model interfaces. Prior experience with variational/ensemble methods and HPC is preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of variational and ensemble data assimilation techniques.
• Proficiency in FORTRAN, Python, or C++.
• Experience with HPC environments and scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop, evaluate, and test JEDI-based assimilation developments.
• Transition observation modeling and quality control to JEDI.
• Support atmospheric model interface integration.

Skills

Variational data assimilation

Ensemble data assimilation

FORTRAN

Python

C++

HPC environments

Scripting languages

Job description

Lynker, an employee-owned professional services firm, seeks a data assimilation engineer to support the National Weather Service in moving JEDI-based systems into operations and to contribute to the Unified Forecast System.

The role focuses on developing, evaluating, and testing JEDI components, transitioning observation modeling and QC, and integrating with atmospheric model interfaces. Prior experience with variational/ensemble methods and HPC is preferred.