Research Scientist - Military Veterans
at HERC- Upper MidWest
Research Scientist
Caltech
Job Category: Fulltime Regular
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Exempt
Benefits Eligible: Benefit Based
Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Research Scientist to develop, test, and implement turbulence, convection, and cloud parameterizations in the CliMA atmosphere model and calibrate them with observations. As a CliMA Research Scientist at Caltech, you will collaborate with a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of curious and creative scientists and engineers to create the first atmosphere model that is designed to learn automatically from diverse data. (Information on CliMA: https://clima.caltech.edu/ .)
Essential Job Duties
The successful candidate will advance the state of knowledge and contribute to the development of a data-informed atmosphere model in one or more of several possible ways:
- Use your expertise in atmosphere dynamics to develop models to represent the dynamics of turbulence, convection, and clouds in an atmosphere model.
- Implement physically informed parameterizations of turbulence, convection, and clouds and calibrate them with data assimilation/machine learning approaches using diverse data, including large-eddy simulations and Earth observations.
- Investigate and iteratively improve the performance of the models in their ability to faithfully simulate Earth's observed climate and assess their effect on climate change scenarios.
- Publish original research arising from this work using the CliMA atmosphere model.
Basic Qualifications
- Completed a PhD in a field of science, mathematics, or engineering.
- Experience working with climate models.
- A strong physical, statistical, or computational background.
- Programming experience in at least one general purpose language.
- Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with parameterizations of atmospheric subgrid-scale dynamics.
- Experience with data assimilation and machine learning tools.
Required Documents
- CV
To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: https://hr.caltech.edu/work/job_openings
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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