Are you passionate about tackling the urgent challenges of climate change and its effects on local weather and its extremes? Join us at ETH Zurich in our

High-Resolution Weather and Climate Modeling group

, where we strive to understand how climate change reshapes local weather supporting a sustainable and prosperous future.

Project background

Our research is leveraging the state-of-the-art high-resolution weather and climate model

ICON

deployed on modern supercomputers to study how meso- and local-scale processes affect today's and tomorrow‘s weather and climate. This is a major scientific and technical challenge including efficiently running large-scale simulations on HPC architectures, managing the pre-and post-processing as well as the analysis of vast data volumes, supporting the calibration and development of ICON, and assisting larger software development projects. Collaboration is central to our success, and we work closely within a dynamic and supportive team environment and engage with national and international partners to advance our scientific goals.

Job description

We welcome your application if you are experienced in working with high-resolution weather or climate models on modern supercomputers, handling big data volumes, and are interested in weather and climate research. You will be able to work on a variety of exciting and challenging topics, including:

• Support the use of modeling tools in the group. Set up new model versions to run on ETH‘s HPC systems. Assist with technical problems in the group, such as running, compiling, and debugging model code.
• Lead specific longer-term model development and flagship modeling projects.
• Data and workflow management and development.
• Develop and assist with implementing visualization and data analysis methods and codes.

Based on your background and interests, you will also have opportunities to engage in scientific projects, collaborate on research, and contribute to student supervision and teaching activities.

Profile

The ideal candidate should have:

• A MSc or PhD in atmospheric science, computational sciences, physics, applied mathematics, or related fields.
• Experience with weather and climate models (e.g., regional or global models such as ICON, COSMO, WRF, or similar) and their application.
• Proficiency in Linux environments, shell scripting, Fortran and Python programming, data analysis, and visualization.
• Excellent skills in scientific software development including subversion control.
• Ability to work independently and with high integrity, collaborate with an international research team, take initiative, and efficient time management.
• Respectful behavior towards others and mindfulness about the well-being of colleagues.

Excellent communication skills in English (both spoken and written) are required. Employment will be according to standard regulations at ETH. With the

social and leadership competencies

, ETH Zurich has developed a common understanding of a shared work culture.

We offer

• Advance your career in a stimulating, supportive, and team-oriented research environment in a world-class

  climate science research institute

  that is well-connected to the national and international research community.
• Access to high-end research infrastructure such as

  supercomputing

  ,

  model development

  , and storage facilities.
• ETH Zurich is a family-friendly employer with excellent working conditions. You can look forward to a competitive

  salary

  , an exciting and flexible working environment,

  cultural diversity

  , and attractive offers and benefits.
• Elevate your technical skills and personal growth with a large variety of

  training opportunities

  .

Our group includes researchers from around the world and offers a collaborative and supportive environment, with English as our working language. Researchers in the group work on a wide range of topics and are exposed to each others’ work through weekly group meetings. The group is part of the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science which hosts a seminar series and maintains educational programs at the BSc and MSc levels. We are also part of the larger ICON and global high-resolution modeling community. The group is located at ETH’s central campus and the position is expected to be in-person with some flexibility in working hours and location. The position is permanent and has an anticipated start date during the first half of 2025, but the timing is negotiable.

We value diversity

In line with

our values

, ETH Zurich encourages an inclusive culture. We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. Visit our

Equal Opportunities and Diversity website

to find out how we ensure a fair and open environment that allows everyone to grow and flourish.

Curious? So are we.

• Curriculum vitae outlining the educational background, technical skills, relevant academic or professional accomplishments, and publications and presentations if applicable.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) explaining your interest in the position and summarizing your relevant experience.
• Possible starting dates: First half of 2025 with some flexibility.

Evaluation of applicants will start on December 2nd 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.