Scientific SME - NOAA

Innovim; Silver Spring, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) matching

Educational support

Job summary

INNOVIM is seeking a Scientific SME to support NOAA ProTech Weather Agile Program and Project Management Services. The role is part-time and on-call, contingent upon contract award, with duties focused on readiness evidence and transition assessment.

The expert will provide technical reach-back to the program-management team, advise on NWP concepts (MPAS/UFS, DA cycles, GPU refactoring) and help ensure credible progress toward operations without performing the underlying science or software

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, or a related field.
• Five to seven years in a related subject area; able to lead or participate in a specialized work-group.
• Advanced degree preferred in business or management.

Responsibilities

• Readiness-review support; advise on stream-specific transition evidence.
• Interpret technical status so program artifacts reflect progress toward operations.
• Articulate and apply subject-area best practices; guide cross-area coordination.
• On-call engagement in joint readiness reviews and evidence assessments.

Skills

NWP domain depth

GPU/HPC

Data assimilation

AI for weather prediction

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

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. We offer competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.

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