CSIRO – 2 Positions – Climate Research Scientist AND Climate Research Engineer

Climate Research Scientist

Location: Hobart, Tasmania preferred
Salary: AU$105k – AU$114k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 3 years
Reference: 90903

The Opportunity

• Lead research programs to better understand the causes and drivers of variability in weather and climate hazards
• Supportive, rewarding, inclusive and truly flexible environment
• Join CSIRO – Australia’s National Science and Innovation Agency! Make an impact on all Australians

The Climate Research Scientist will lead research on climate hazards such as storms, heatwaves, bushfires, and drought, and utilise the research to better prepare for the impacts of climate hazards. The position will conduct process-based evaluations of key climate hazards in observations and climate models. They will perform verification and assessment of hazard indices in climate forecast products, which in turn will guide how hazard products are provided to clients. The role requires an understanding of atmospheric dynamics with good analytical, statistical, and programming skills to develop and apply fit-for-purpose weather and climate hazard indices.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to build and maintain networks, play a lead role in securing project funds, provide scientific leadership and pursue new ideas and approaches that create new concepts. You will provide critical assessment of key climate risks for Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of meaningful research into a highly topical subject, for the benefit of all Australians.

Your duties will include:

• Working with colleagues in CSIRO and partner agencies to identify and define key weather and climate hazards needed for climate risk assessments
• Developing, leading, and instigating research programs to better understand the causes and drivers of variability in key weather and climate hazards
• Providing leadership on the evaluation and verification of climate hazard indices in large ensemble climate simulations
• Developing and running workflows for the provision of fit-for-purpose climate hazard information for climate risk assessments
• Developing new hazard products for emerging weather and climate risk applications
• Assisting in the planning and preparation of research proposals and carry out research investigations, requiring originality, creativity and innovation.
• Drawing on professional expertise, knowledge of other disciplines and research experience to recognise opportunities for innovation and generate new theoretical perspectives by pursuing new ideas/approaches and networking with scientific colleagues across a range of disciplines.

To be considered you will need:

1. A PhD (or an equivalent combination of qualifications and research experience) in a relevant field such as meteorology, climatology, mathematics, statistics, or physics.
2. Understanding of the drivers of climate variability and extremes, and weather and climate principles.
3. Demonstrated ability to undertake original, creative and innovative research by generating and pursuing novel ideas and solutions to scientific research problems.
4. Ability and desire to work in a collaborative and team environment to advance the research
5. A demonstrated publication history of authorship on scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and/or reports, grant applications or inventorship on patent applications.
6. Programming skills and experience, preferably in python, R, or matlab.
7. Solid writing and communication skills with the ability to present their research to diverse audiences.

Click here for eligibility, how to apply and other information:
https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Hobart%2C-TAS-Climate-Research-Scientist/934620610/

Applications Close – 30th January 2023 11:00pm AEDT

Climate Research Engineer

Location: Hobart, Tasmania preferred
Salary: AU$105k – AU$114k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 3 years
Reference: 90902

The Opportunity

• Apply skills to open-source Python-based software ecosystem
• Supportive, rewarding, inclusive and truly flexible environment
• Join CSIRO – Australia’s National Science and Innovation Agency!

As a climate research software engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the growing need for the delivery of climate-risk products to the public. The development of Large Ensemble Climate Forecast archives is recognised by the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) as a critical tool in generating the very large samples needed to forecast and characterise extreme climate events.

What is so exciting about this role? You’ll provide rapid diagnosis of extreme events, their likelihoods, the regions impacted, and their risks to national infrastructure and livelihood. The information on extreme event footprints and frequency will be coupled with national databases on the impacts of extreme events to provide assessments of climate vulnerability and risk and help in guiding response and adaptation efforts.

Your duties will include:

• Collaborating with CSIRO’s partners to utilise large initial condition climate ensembles to characterise climate extremes and hazards
• Providing leadership in software design and use by CSIRO and partner agencies
• Developing and applying indices of weather and climate extremes for use in reanalyses and large forecast ensembles
• Leading, developing and contributing to software for processing very large ensembles to the international community and leveraging international collaborations between the large ensemble community and CSIRO
• Developing and providing assessments of the likelihood and statistics of climate extremes and their footprints across Australia from large ensembles
• Contributing to the global Pangeo community, including contributing to the associated open-source Python-based software ecosystem

To be considered you will need:

• A PhD (or an equivalent combination of qualifications and research experience) in a relevant field such as [computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, meteorology, or climatology].
• Knowledge of and/or proven experience with the approaches commonly used to assess the likelihood and statistics of climate extremes (e.g. extreme value analysis, climate indices).
• Demonstrated ability and experience working with (large) climate model datasets.
• Familiarity with the python programming language.
• Familiarity with good practice programming, documentation, and version control.

Click here for eligibility, how to apply and other information:
https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Hobart%2C-TAS-Climate-Research-Engineer/934617510/

Applications Close – 30th January 2023 11:00p pm AEDT

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