Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Research Engineer - Climate Services Engineer (RE2)

Barcelona

FULL TIME

September 23, 2024

Job Reference
136_24_ES_CS_RE2
Position
Research Engineer - Climate Services Engineer (RE2)
Closing Date
Monday, 07 October, 2024
Reference: 136_24_ES_CS_RE2
Job title: Research Engineer - Climate Services Engineer (RE2)


About BSC


The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses Mare Nostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for Euro HPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.


Context And Mission


The Earth Science department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center searches for one junior developer willing to work on the implementation of an operational climate service based on current research prototypes already developed in the framework of S2S4E projects.

The successful candidate will support the developments to set up this system, port it to Earth IT infrastructure (to HPC if needed) and employing different and state-of-the-art technologies of data management, post-processing and software development. Furthermore, this position will be part of the Computational Earth Sciences group dealing with many other IT profiles and interacting with the Earth System Services group.


Key Duties


  • Join the team in charge of developing the tool
  • Maintain the operational deployment on different HPC platforms(if needed)
  • Participate in the data management of the operational forecast system
  • Support the users inside and outside the center by adding new features
  • Participate actively in the extension of the Decision Support tool
  • Explore solutions to integrate seasonal predictions in an operational real-time forecast system
  • Interact with Computational Earth Sciences scientists to improve the performance and reliability of the system. This includes communication with HPC user support at BSC
  • Interact with climate scientists to understand processes and model configuration


Requirements


  • Education
    • Having a Bachelor in Computer Science, Physics or related discipline.
  • Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
    • Good development skills in python and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, …) will be valued
    • Good experience with object-oriented programming
    • Experience on Web Interfaces or interactive Dashboards will be valued
    • Experience in Earth System models will be appreciated
    • Experience in Earth Sciences file types (Net CDF, GRIB, HDF…), tools (CDO, NCO…) and managing large volumes of data will be appreciated
    • Keen to learn on how to develop scientific applications on parallel computers
  • Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
    • Previous experience in a scientific area related to the research position will be appreciated
  • Competences
    • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both earth and computer scientists(internal and external)
    • Proactive attitude and motivation to improve already existing solutions
    • Fluency in English
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and pressure
    • Ability to work both independently and within a team
    • Motivation to work in an international and interdisciplinary working environment


Conditions


  • The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
  • We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
  • Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
  • Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
  • Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
  • Starting date: 01/10/2024


Applications procedure and process


All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:

  • A full CV in English including contact details
  • A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

    In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.

    The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

    At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.

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Deadline


The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.


OTM-R principles for selection processes


BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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