Senior Research Engineer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Do you want to work on engineering solutions for exciting and challenging top-notch European projects related to process-based models to study Climate Change?
At the High-Performance Computing team of the Earth Sciences Department at BSC, we are looking for an engineer or a researcher to work in the development and improvement of climate applications. The tasks include:
Develop and/or integrate new scientific features into the source code of the models used in the department, such as IFS
Validate the scientific correctness of the new developments
Measure the computational impact of the new developments to guarantee an efficient scalability
Close interaction with the Climate Variability and Change (CVC) and Atmospheric Composition (AC) groups, and external collaborators
Requirements
Possess a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, physical engineering, mathematics, physics, or a closely related field. A PhD in a related field is not essential but will be appreciated
Experience in scientific research, particularly in areas related to climate or ocean modelling
Experience in running scientific codes on large HPC systems
Excellent computing skills in high-level computer languages (especially Fortran or C/C++)
Experience with Unix/Linux environments and scripting languages (Bash, Python, etc)
Programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git
Excellent problem-solving skills
Learning capacity and motivation to maintain a learning progression
Good written and verbal skills and capacity to support Earth and Computational scientists
Fluency in English
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Research Services
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