Computational Scientist (CPAS-SS)

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and development (R&D) for weather-related products / projects;

• Carry out computational experiments for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Climate Change and evaluate the performance of NWP models;

• Write technical reports, documentation or slides;

• Collaborate with academic sector with targets on publishing papers;

• Support routine operations of forecasting systems as well as the underlying HPC / IT infrastructures;

• Support preparation works associated with potential customers as well as follow-ups.

Requirements:

• Master in Meteorology, Earth Science, Physics or related discipline, or Bachelor in the above disciplines plus 2 years of work experience;

• Strong background in computer usages and programming skills;

• Experience with computational environments (Linux/MacOS), computer languages (e.g. Python), and plotting and analysis tools (Python libraries: Numpy, xarray, matplotlib/Pyviz etc.) usually used for atmospheric modelling;

• Good understanding of atmospheric dynamics and modeling of physical processes

• Experiences with numerical weather prediction models (WRF, MPAS), data assimilation would be an advantage;

• Candidate with higher academic qualification and/or more related experience may be considered as Senior Computational Scientist;

• Good logical thinking and analytical mind;

• Eager to learn, responsive with a can-do attitude at work, willing to take up challenges;

• Team player, proactive in idea sharing with good communication skills;

• Good spoken and written Cantonese/Mandarin and/or English.

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