
Description
Description
SAIC is seeking an experienced Senior Ocean/Climate Specialist to support our customer, NOAA GFDL, in Princeton, NJ. This position requires an ability to obtain a Public Trust. Desired physical location is in the Princeton, NJ or surrounding area.
The Senior Ocean/Climate Specialist responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Support research activities focused on the change and variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC).
- Research associated impacts on regional and global scale climate phenomena.
- Proven skill in running and using coupled models.
- Analyze climate model outputs in comparison with available observational datasets.
- Programming in Matlab and Python.
- Execute scientific perturbation experiments using ocean/climate models.
- Support of the above research activities on:
- Large-scale ocean dynamics coupled interactions with atmosphere and cryosphere.
- Associated impacts in the earth system.
- Running and analyzing ocean and coupled climate models using Python, Fortran, Ferret, and Matlab.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- An advanced degree with experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field, such as atmosphere dynamics, earth science, applied math, physics, and AI/ML data science).
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Proven skill in running and using ocean and coupled climate models.
- Diagnostic skills in analyzing simulated and observed datasets.
- Expert in Python Programming, with experience in Fortran, Matlab, and Ferret.
- Professional experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field) and evidence of the level of knowledge and skills outlined below.
- Impeccable communication skills.
Desirable Skills:
- An advanced degree with experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field, such as atmosphere dynamics, earth science, applied math, physics, and AI/ML data science).
Program and Project Details:
The Ocean and Cryosphere Division goal is to conduct leading research to understand ocean and cryosphere changes and variability; their interactions with weather, climate, sea level, and ecosystems; and advance prediction and projection of future changes. To support this goal, we are developing state-of-the-science community models for the ocean, sea ice, land ice, and fully coupled models. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south.
For more information see here: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html
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