Scientific SME - NOAA

Innovim,-LLC; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

INNOVIM in the United States is seeking a part-time Scientific SME to provide on-call technical reach-back to support NOAA ProTech Weather Agile Program and Project Management Services.

The role focuses on readiness reviews, transition evidence, and interpretation of technical status to ensure accurate program artifacts. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in a related field and a BA/BS in business or management; advanced degrees preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, or related field.
• 5–7 years in a related subject area with leadership or active participation in a specialized work-group.

Responsibilities

• Readiness-review support and advising on stream-specific transition evidence.
• Interpret technical status to ensure program artifacts reflect real progress.
• Articulate and apply subject-area best practices for cross-area coordination.
• Participate in joint readiness reviews and evidence assessments as scheduled, ~25% time.

Skills

Program management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in business/management or related field

Advanced degree preferred in business/management or related field

Job description

INNOVIM is seeking a Scientific SME to support NOAA ProTech Weather Agile Program and Project Management Services.

This position is contingent upon award of the contract.

Position Summary

The Scientific SME provides part-time, on-call technical reach-back so the program-management team engages the numerical-weather-prediction teams credibly and evaluates transition readiness against operational needs. The advisor possesses specialized knowledge in a relevant subject area, articulates and applies best practices, and participates as needed in readiness reviews and evidence assessments. The advisor supports, but does not perform, the underlying science or software development.

Key Responsibilities

Readiness-review support. Advise on stream-specific transition evidence, for example coupled forecast skill (MPAS/UFS), assimilation impact and cycling stability (JEDI-MPAS continuous DA), numerical equivalence and speedup (GPU refactoring), and emulation accuracy and training-data provenance (AI4NWP).

Technical literacy. Help facilitators and analysts interpret technical status so program artifacts reflect real research progress versus movement toward operations.

Best practices. Articulate and apply subject-area best practices; guide how the program-management capability can resolve coordination needs across the four areas.

On-call engagement. Participate in joint NWS readiness reviews and evidence assessments as scheduled, at approximately one-quarter time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education. Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or higher in business, management, or a related field.
• Experience. Five to seven years in a related subject area; recognized source of knowledge or expertise, able to lead or actively participate in a specialized work-group and to participate across the development life cycle.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree preferred in business, management, or a related field.

NWP domain depth. Familiarity with numerical weather prediction, data assimilation (JCSDA/JEDI), GPU/HPC, and AI for numerical weather prediction.

R2O experience. Prior research-to-operations transition experience in a weather or Earth-science program.

INNOVIM is committed to providing superior work in the fields of science, engineering, data analytics and technology to government agencies.

• including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.

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