Company: Climate Resource
Location: Berlin, (or possibly Hanover) Germany
Job Type: Indefinite, full-time or at least 80 % part-time position commencing between 1 January and 1 March 2025.
Company Overview:
Climate Resource is a small but growing climate science research company dedicated to understanding and addressing the impacts of climate change, and providing world-class climate science to a range of audiences. We’re scientists, economists, and software engineers working together to answer interdisciplinary questions in climate science. We strive to put the best climate science in the hands of as many users as possible. We are active contributors to policy development in Australia and in the international forums in which stakeholders make use of the data and tools we produce.
We have an office in Melbourne, Australia. In Germany, we have staff located in Berlin and a colleague in Hanover, and another colleague in Vienna, Austria. We aim to work with, develop and support excellent people. We offer a flexible working environment that supports hybrid in-office and work-from-home arrangements. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, supporting different life stages and situations, and building diversity within our workplace as we grow.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a dedicated Research Scientist with an appetite for model and software development to join our team, who will bring insights and skills to a collaborative environment and a willingness to learn. You will initially work mostly with Zebedee (climate scientist, programmer, and data aficionado) and Mika (physicist turned research software engineer, managing director, and uncertainty enthusiast) to deliver a research project focussed on providing the world’s best climate models with information from satellite observations of greenhouse gas concentrations. This project will contribute to the world’s flagship international climate modelling project, the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP’s) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). As part of delivering this project, you will lead at least one peer-reviewed scientific publication. In addition, you will also develop skills in research software engineering. No matter what your software engineering experience is right now, these skills will enable you to become a core part of our research software engineering team and support the development and delivery of Climate Resource’s other projects.
What you will do :
Deliver a two-year research project on satellite observations of greenhouse gas concentrations together with the rest of the team, to:
Compare satellite observations of greenhouse gas concentrations with the inputs that are currently used by climate models.
Incorporate satellite observations of greenhouse gas concentrations into the inputs used by climate models, including propagation of uncertainty from raw observations to the final data product.
Include the learning from the previous steps in projections of future greenhouse gas concentrations and their uncertainty.
Lead the preparation, submission and revision of at least one peer-reviewed scientific publication based on the work.
Contribute to the project’s overall project management and ongoing reporting requirements, including meeting with the European Space Agency, the project’s funder.
Develop research software engineering skills:
Use the research project to develop your research software engineering skills, with a view to being able to contribute to Climate Resource’s other products and tools before the end of the research project.
Contribute to Climate Resource’s other products and tools:
Initially, you will be expected to learn about Climate Resource’s other software products and tools.
Before the end of the research project, you will be expected to have developed the skills needed to contribute to Climate Resource’s other software products and tools.
Qualifications:
A desire to develop experience with the Python programming language
A desire to develop experience in research software engineering, including package development and testing, package management and distribution and the development of reproducible workflows
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a multicultural environment
A proactive, communicative approach to problem-solving and willingness to take on new challenges
Lead author of at least one peer-reviewed publication, or substantive roles as a contributing author to peer-reviewed publications
Ability to communicate in English, both written and verbal, to support working in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
It’s a plus if you have:
Existing experience with the Python programming language
Existing experience in another programming language
Existing experience in research software engineering, including package development and testing, package management and distribution and the development of reproducible workflows
Existing experience working with climate and emissions data
German language skills.
For us, the most important thing is your willingness to learn. Most members of our research software engineering team don’t have a degree in computer science. Many of us started as researchers who successfully moved into research software engineering. If you also have research experience, an interest in software and a commitment to learning, we believe that we can help you develop the skills you need. If this sounds like you, please do apply.
Salary:
The gross annual salary will be commensurate with experience. The expected employee gross annual salary range is EUR 62,000-70,000 full time equivalent per year, pro rata for the time fraction agreed.
Applications including a CV, cover letter, and your publication list should be submitted by 4 December 2024 to jobs@climate-resource.com.
