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
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