Website Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación
Reference: 339_25_ES_GES_RE2
Job title: Researcher/Engineer to support data-based weather forecasting (R2/RE2)
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, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. 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 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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Context And Mission
The Earth Sciences Department of Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-ES), led by Prof Francisco Doblas-Reyes, develops and use weather, air quality and climate models to improve the current simulation capabilities at both regional and global scales.
The Department is looking for a postdoctoral researcher or research engineer to work on the development of a machine-learning-based, high-resolution, short-term regional weather forecast system for Southern Europe. The work will be performed using ECMWF’s Anemoi framework and developed with a team of physical and computer scientists. The resulting weather forecasts will be compared to operational weather forecasts simulations performed by different institutions. The evaluation will include the use of standard verification tools and the analysis of the physical consistency of the predictions.
The researcher will also collaborate with other Department members that use the Anemoi framework to develop global climate emulators and purpose-built machine-learning models for air-quality forecasting. The incumbent will have the opportunity to collaborate with several European meteorological services.
Key Duties
Lead the development of data-based regional weather forecasting for Southern Europe
Perform a set of short-term weather forecasts for the region to assess the forecast system quality
Evaluate the properties of the weather forecast system, both in terms of forecast quality and the physical consistency of the predictions
Preparing and submitting supercomputing access proposals to support the simulations and LLM tuning
Collaborate with the community developing similar data-based weather forecast systems
Requirements
EducationAn MSc in computer science, atmospheric science, applied mathematics, fluid dynamics, or a related discipline
Essential Knowledge and Professional ExperienceExperience in machine- and/or deep-learning methods
Experience in atmosphere modelling (or environmental modelling)
Programming skills: scripting (e.g. bash, python) and data analysis is required
Experience in HPC is required
Additional Knowledge and Professional ExperienceInterest in participating in the writing and, when possible, leading the preparation of research and computing proposals
Knowledge of version control systems (git, svn, cvs…)
Interest in tutoring and/or advising students
CompetencesFluency in spoken and written English, while fluency in other European languages will be also valued
Highly collaborative spirit
Ability to work independently but still as part of a coordinated team
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Starting date: May 2025
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:
A full CV in English including contact details
A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.
