Python Job: Model developer: Objective analysis and post-proce

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Vienna - Austria

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Full-Time

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UBIMET has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria and ranks among the leading weather service providers worldwide while being the only fully independent service provider in Europe. International experts in the fields of meteorology, physics, biology and geography issue customized, individual and precise weather forecasts for several million private and industrial customers in many countries worldwide. The company founders pursue the goal to become the leading global weather service provider with the world's best quality forecasts. Furthermore, UBIMET will contribute in finding a solution to the most challenging problem of our generation: Climate Change.

In order to deal with a rapidly growing number of innovative projects, we are looking for highly skilled, exceptional people to join our team in the position of

Model developer: Objective analysis
and post-processing algorithms

Your main responsibilities are:

  • Operation, maintaining and improvement of VERA, UBIMET’s unique analysis and downscaling method for meteorological parameters
  • Conducting experiments to improve analysis accuracy
  • Development and improvement of downstream physical models and algorithms
  • Define and investigate case studies for special meteorological situations to improve analysis performance in various situations (convective events in summer, foehn events, isothermal snowfall in winter, etc.)
  • Verification and comparison of performance of various meteorological simulation agorithms
  • Input data preparation, pre- and post-processing of simulated and analyzed data
  • Data conversion and visualization of results

We are looking for analytical and enthusiastic personalities with:

  • A completed Master’s degree in Meteorology, Physics, Geophysics, Geography, Mathematics, Chemistry, Informatics or a related field
  • Experience in working with and developing meteorological forecasting models
  • Good understanding of fluid dynamics (numerics, dynamics, physics) and statistics
  • Programming skills in Python and Matlab
  • Experience with Linux as a working environment
  • Advanced English skills, German is a plus
  • A goal-oriented and result driven approach
  • A proactive, independent and organized way of working

We offer:

  • Flexible and modern working mode (e.g. Home-Office arrangement, Flexi-Time)
  • Challenging tasks in a highly interesting, international and dynamic working environment
  • Excellent career opportunities in an innovative and rapidly growing company with flat hierarchies
  • Steep learning curve by dealing with many different topics at or beyond State-of-the-Art
  • You become part of an open, highly motivated and dynamic Team
  • Attractive working environment in modern facilities and very good access to public transport connection

The minimum salary for this position is 37.500 € per year (full-time, negotiable), depending on your qualification and background. If your experiences and skills match our job profile, we are looking forward to your application, including your detailed CV and a photo.

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