26-120 Numerical Weather and Earth System Prediction Developer
Core
Technical lead for numerical weather and Earth system prediction model development, focusing on porting codes to cloud architectures and optimizing computational efficiency within NOAA's Unified Forecast System.
Role type
Senior IC numerical weather prediction developer (HPC)
Builds
Numerical weather and Earth system prediction models (UFS/MPAS)
Domain
Atmospheric sciences + High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Fortran, C++, Python, Linux, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Cloud computing, Version control, Code optimization, Model infrastructure development
Preferred skills
Operational weather prediction systems knowledge, Scientific code best practices, Technical communication
Technologies
UFS, MPAS, Cloud computing environments
Responsibilities
Lead implementation of new modeling capabilities and workflows; Port modeling system codes to cloud architectures; Develop code optimizations to reduce computational expense; Manage code bases for GSL Physics branch models
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC