Senior Scientist - Barcelona, España - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

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Barcelona, España

hace 2 semanas

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Isabel García

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Job Reference:

164_23_CASE_GCASE_R3
Position:
Senior Scientist (R3)
Closing Date:
Thursday, 20 April, 2023
Reference: 164_23_CASE_GCASE_R3
Job title: Senior Scientist (R3)
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. 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 770 staff from 55 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.
Context And Mission
We are particularly interested in 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.
Key Duties
To be specialized in numerical weather prediction and extreme weather modelling with a focus on severe convective hazards.
To contribute to the study of climate processes and their impact on regional and local weather patterns and extremes at different time scales.
To collaborate with other scientists and software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain software products and services.
To contribute to the development and implementation of catastrophe risk modelling solutions for the humanitarian and insurance sectors to enhance societal resilience to natural hazards and mitigate climate change impacts.

Requirements:

Education
To have a Ph.

D. degree in atmospheric science, meteorology, atmospheric physics and dynamics or any other related field.

Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Proven track record in the study of severe convective systems and related hazards.
Expert in numerical weather prediction.
Experience in statistical downscaling for the definition of regional distribution and time evolution of smallscale features given largescale coarse resolution analyses, forecasts, or simulations
Competences
Deals well with ambiguity.
Approaches the job with a focus on providing excellent research focused on applied science.
Ability to take ownership of and work independently to manage projects through to completion.
Very strong analytical and organizational skills.
Detail orientation, thoroughness, reliability, and ability to prioritize are required.
Proficiency in English is a must. Good handling of Spanish is required.

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the CASE Department
We offer a fulltime contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with stateoftheart infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Openended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Starting date: Pending

Applications procedure and process- 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

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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DeadlineOTM-R principles for selection processes**- 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.