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Research Engineer - Python Earth diagnostics developer (RE2)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Found 4 weeks ago

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Time

Full-time

Work Mode

Not disclosed

Salary

competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona

Visa Help

Not disclosed

Last Verified

4 weeks ago

Education

Bachelor

Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

Python
UNIX/LINUX environments
scripting languages (bash,etc)
managing large datasets
Python parallelization
NetCDF
grib
Xarray
Iris
CDO
NCO
git
SVN

Soft Skills

Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines.
Ability to work both independently and within a team.
Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily.
Fluency in English, both speaking and writing

Job Description

Within the Earth Sciences department, the Data and Diagnostics Team is part of the core development team of the ESMVal Tool (https://esmvaltool.org/), a community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP. This suite of Python tools aims at efficiently loading and analyzing very big Earth simulation data, comparing them with observations. The successful applicant will join the BSC Computational Earth Sciences group, within the Earth Sciences Department, to help with the practical implementation of new diagnostics in ESMVal, contribute to their optimisation, and provide support to the users of the department for the use of the tool. Moreover, the applicant will also participate in the networking activities around ESMValTool, to ensure participation of the department in European and national research calls.

Requirements

Having a Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics or related discipline
Excellent computing skills in Python and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash,etc)
Experience in managing large datasets and Python parallelization
Knowledge of climate data formats (NetCDF, grib) and associated libraries (Xarray, Iris, CDO, NCO...)
Good programming skills to manage big and collaborative projects and experience with git and/or SVN
Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines.
Ability to work both independently and within a team.
Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily.
Fluency in English, both speaking and writing

Software Engineering

Software QA & Testing

Languages

English

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