Senior Wave & Storm Surge Modeling Scientist (Hybrid)

Lynker Corporation; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Tuition assistance

Spot bonuses

Annual recognition awards

Employee referral program

Learning Management System access

Career growth plans

Job summary

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Support Scientist for Operational Wave and Storm Surge Modeling Development to advance NOAA/NWS coastal hazard guidance, data assimilation, and web visualization. The role blends HPC-enabled modeling, machine learning augmentation, and cross-agency collaboration to improve pre-operational and operational outputs.

The position supports hybrid work with onsite days in College Park, MD, and remote days from home, emphasizing collaboration across federal, academic,

Qualifications

• MS or equivalent in meteorology/oceanography/coastal engineering with 5+ years experience.
• Knowledge of spectral wave models for real-time apps.
• Experience with operational storm surge models (SLOSH/ADCIRC/etc.).
• Strong background in ensemble modeling and probabilistic output analysis.
• Experience with atmospheric forcing inputs (NBM) and diagnostics.
• HPC experience using PBS/Slurm; MPI/OpenMP parallelism.
• Proficiency in Fortran 90, C/C++, Python; Unix shell scripting.
• GitHub for code/version management; ability to visualize model output on web.
• Familiarity with model blending, real-time integration, and interagency collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support development, optimization, maintenance, and integration of wave and storm surge modeling in NWS architectures.
• Advance coastal hazard prediction formulations including water level guidance and rip current guidance.
• Work with atmospheric forcing datasets and derive secondary diagnostics.
• Collaborate across federal/private partners to transition research to operations.
• Design and run numerical experiments with Python-based verification and data fusion.
• Maintain and visualize model output through front-end web interfaces.

Skills

M.S. in meteorology or related field

5+ years field experience

Spectral wave models

Operational storm surge experience

Ensemble modeling & probabilistic QoS

Atmospheric forcing (NBM)

HPC: PBS/Slurm

Fortran 90, C/C++, Python

UNIX shell scripting

GitHub version control

Web interfaces / visualization

Education

MS in meteorology / physical oceanography / coastal engineering

Tools

WAVEWATCH III

PBS

Slurm

MPI / OpenMP

Fortran 90

C/C++

Python

UNIX shell scripting

GitHub

Job description

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Support Scientist for Operational Wave and Storm Surge Modeling Development to advance NOAA/NWS coastal hazard guidance, data assimilation, and web visualization. The role blends HPC-enabled modeling, machine learning augmentation, and cross-agency collaboration to improve pre-operational and operational outputs.

The position supports hybrid work with onsite days in College Park, MD, and remote days from home, emphasizing collaboration across federal, academic,