Scientist development of climate model diagnostics

The Climate Dynamics section of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, is looking for a skilled and motivated Scientist with expertise in Python programming and a solid background in oceanic, atmospheric or climate dynamics. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge climate modeling efforts by developing advanced diagnostics for high-resolution climate simulations.

You will work on projects EERIE and Destination Earth . You will play a crucial part in the development and application of a data analysis framework tailored for novel kilometer-scale climate simulations.

• Developing and implementing
  new diagnostics and evaluation metrics
  for high-resolution ocean and climate models
• Analyzing large volumes of geophysical model data to improve understanding of oceanic and atmospheric processes
• Ensuring scalability and portability of analytics workflows for petabyte-scale datasets on EU Tier-1 HPC systems
• Collaborating with climate modelers, computer scientists, and software engineers across Europe to enhance Digital Twins of the climate system

• A Master’s degree with at least two years of experience, or a PhD in a relevant field such as oceanography, meteorology, climate science, physics, computer science, data science, or applied mathematics
• Strong Python programming skills, particularly in data analysis and scientific computing
• Experience with additional languages (e.g., Julia, R, or MATLAB) is beneficial
• Hands-on experience with geophysical model data, particularly high-resolution oceanic or atmospheric simulations
• Familiarity with Python’s data analytics ecosystem (e.g., Dask, Pandas, Xarray, Jupyter) and best practices in software development (e.g., version control with Git, writing tests, and documentation)
• Very good English knowledge (approximately equivalent to CEFR levels C1)

Please submit your application by April 22nd, 2025 exclusively online.