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Scientific Programmer or Natural Scientist with PhD Opportunity

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
Location
Vienna (Landbezirke) (AT)
Salary
The basic gross salary of EUR 3578,80
Closing date
15 Dec 2024
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53 Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
Startdate: 01.01.2025 | Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)
Limited until: 31.08.2025
Reference no.: 3342

Join us if your'e passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? 

Your personal sphere of influence:

The European Union Earth observation programme Copernicus (http://www.copernicus.eu/), and its Climate Change Service in particular, is developing a unique Climate Data Store (CDS, https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/). It is designed to allow free and uniform access to a wide variety of earth observation, climate reanalysis and climate projection data, and to process those data in the cloud, using a Python environment. Radiosonde (weather balloon) data are an essential ingredient for climate reanalyses of the 20th century. Yet they need to be better documented and bias-adjusted before they can be used in reanalyses and advertised in the CDS. 

Your future tasks:

We seek an enthusiastic and energetic scientific programmer, who is ready and willing to work in an agile and innovative R&D environment. As successful applicant you will

  • support our team of scientists in writing showcase applications using the python environment of the new CDS, demonstrating key aspects of the Comprehensive Upper-air Observation Network data set (data will go public soon) and its fitness for purpose.
  • help in writing documentation of the processing pipeline developed within the present Copernicus contract and
  • collaborate with other research groups and large research centres in the EU.

There is opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in climate data assimilation and to pursue a PhD in Geosciences. Copernicus is expected to grow further in the next 5-10 years, providing interesting career opportunities beyond the duration of the advertised position.

This is part of your profile

We seek applicants with a strong mix of the following skills/expertise: 

  • Completed Master of Computer Science or Master in Natural Sciences (essential);
  • Demonstrated skills in Python programming, preferably in R&D (essential);
  • Experience in maintaining and systematic testing of software stacks (essential);
  • Fluent in spoken and written English. Ability to clearly document procedures, processes and work performed (essential);
  • A rich tool box of statistical data analysis techniques and methodologies (essential).  
  • Experience with NetCDF and relational databases (preferred);
  • Experience with parallel programming in Python (Dask, Ray, multiprocessing) (preferred);
  • Knowledge of German (preferred).

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can partially work remotely. 

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic gross salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis, 14 x per year) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:

  • With a letter of motivation
  • A CV, which must include graduate certificates and names of at least 2 references 
  • Via our  job portal / Apply now -  button

Our preferred start date is as soon as possible from January 2025. The contract is limited to 8 months until 31 August 2025, with possible extension, depending on yet to be secured funds.

If you have any content questions, please contact:

Leopold Haimberger

leopold.haimberger@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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Application deadline: 12/15/2024

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