• Oceanographic Climate Scientist

    SAIC (Princeton, NJ)


    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 US 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

    REQNUMBER: 2507445

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