NWS Meteorology Subject Matter Expert
Core
Provide specialized meteorological expertise to support the design, development, and implementation of weather forecasting and monitoring applications for the US federal government.
Role type
Senior Subject Matter Expert (Meteorology)
Builds
Weather forecasting and monitoring applications
Domain
US Federal Government / Meteorology / Software Development
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Operational meteorology, weather forecasting, weather models, NWS operations, GRIB/NetCDF/BUFR data formats, geospatial visualization
Preferred skills
Weather application development, software development lifecycle, translating scientific requirements to technical specs, meteorological data science
Responsibilities
Provide expert meteorological knowledge and guidance to software development teams; Translate complex meteorological concepts into functional requirements; Review and validate application features for scientific accuracy; Define data requirements and visualization standards; Collaborate with developers on operational forecasting needs; Evaluate application prototypes; Contribute to user acceptance testing; Bridge communication between technical teams and operational meteorologists