Scientific Programmer or Natural Scientist with PhD opportunity (full-time)

Join us if your'e passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? 

Your personal sphere of influence:

The European Union Earth observation programme Copernicus (http://www.copernicus.eu/), and its Climate Change Service in particular, is developing a unique Climate Data Store (CDS, https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/). It is designed to allow free and uniform access to a wide variety of earth observation, climate reanalysis and climate projection data, and to process those data in the cloud, using a Python environment. Radiosonde (weather balloon) data are an essential ingredient for climate reanalyses of the 20th century. Yet they need to be better documented and bias-adjusted before they can be used in reanalyses and advertised in the CDS. 

Your future tasks:

We seek an enthusiastic and energetic scientific programmer, who is ready and willing to work in an agile and innovative R&D environment. As successful applicant you will

• support our team of scientists in writing showcase applications using the python environment of the new CDS, demonstrating key aspects of the Comprehensive Upper-air Observation Network data set (data will go public soon) and its fitness for purpose.
• help in writing documentation of the processing pipeline developed within the present Copernicus contract and
• collaborate with other research groups and large research centres in the EU.

There is opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in climate data assimilation and to pursue a PhD in Geosciences. Copernicus is expected to grow further in the next 5-10 years, providing interesting career opportunities beyond the duration of the advertised position.

This is part of your profile

We seek applicants with a strong mix of the following skills/expertise: 

• Completed Master of Computer Science or Master in Natural Sciences (essential);
• Demonstrated skills in Python programming, preferably in R&D (essential);
• Experience in maintaining and systematic testing of software stacks (essential);
• Fluent in spoken and written English. Ability to clearly document procedures, processes and work performed (essential);
• A rich tool box of statistical data analysis techniques and methodologies (essential). 

• Experience with NetCDF and relational databases (preferred);
• Experience with parallel programming in Python (Dask, Ray, multiprocessing) (preferred);
• Knowledge of German (preferred).

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can partially work remotely. 

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic gross salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis, 14 x per year) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:

• With a letter of motivation
• A CV, which must include graduate certificates and names of at least 2 references 
• Via our  job portal / Apply now -  button

Our preferred start date is as soon as possible from January 2025. The contract is limited to 8 months until 31 August 2025, with possible extension, depending on yet to be secured funds.