Description
Description
SAIC is seeking a Tropical Meteorology Research Scientist to join their team at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Marine Meteorology Division (MMD) in Monterey, CA. This position is 100% remote.
The Tropical Meteorology Research Scientist will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
Maintain real-time runs of the COAMPS-TC ensemble on DSRC computing resources.
Perform model development activities for the COAMPS-TC ensemble, including:
Improve the workflow of the COAMPS-TC ensemble.
Update “base model” to incorporate v2025.deterministic COAMPS-TC configuration changes.
Investigate new approaches to generating initial-time synoptic-scale and vortex-scale perturbations.
Assist FNMOC in their maintenance of the operational COAMPS-TC ensemble, and in their adoption of transitioned updates to the COAMPS-TC ensemble.
Assist with the development and maintenance of deterministic COAMPS-TC capabilities.
Conduct COAMPS-TC ensemble and deterministic runs in support of an assessment regarding the risk of TC activity to U.S. military bases.
Provide written material and figures for ONR program reviews and reports.
Qualifications
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree and zero (0) years' experience; additional four (4) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
Required Clearance:
No security clearance needed; US Citizenship required.
- Must complete a T3 investigation prior to start to allow access to government facilities and IT systems.
Required Skills:
Must have at a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in tropical mesoscale NWP modeling and scripting for the management of job submission and data processing tasks, including error handling; provide recommendations to team lead for resolution of research issues related to mesoscale modeling problems; parallel processing computing experience.
Must have demonstrable report writing experience.
Must have demonstrable data processing experience.
Desired Skills:
Experience with a combination of FORTRAN, Cylc, MATLAB, Python, or Shell Scripting programming languages.
Experience publishing peer-reviewed scientific literature, software documentation, guidebooks, and/or handbooks.
High Performance Computing (HPC) experience.
Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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