Research Scientist, Climate Modeling

We seek a Research Scientist for a new three-year project to develop an AI-powered physics-informed hybrid climate model trained on historical data that is capable of multidecadal forecasts that are more accurate than the current state of the art.

You will join a small team to develop the desired NeuralGCM+ model and foster its uptake by the climate modeling community. This includes coupling it to an ML-based ocean model and designing approaches to demonstrably improve its skill in unseen climates.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing and testing a strategy for coupling NeuralGCM with the chosen ocean model.
• Designing, implementing and testing a strategy for decomposing physical parameterizations and constraints into parts encoded based on physical equations vs. parts that can be learned from historical observations.
• Presenting results at major relevant AI and climate modeling conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.
• Open-source code development as part of a tightly connected team, including daily meetings, code review, design documents and interaction with external collaborators.
• Mentoring postdocs and interns.

Requirements:

• Substantial experience building and deploying a relevant ML application in a practical or academic research setting.
• Fluent in Python and collaborative coding practices.
• Ph.D. in computer or computational science, applied mathematics/statistics, or atmospheric science or a related geophysical science.
• At least one accepted conference paper or peer-reviewed first-authored publication making extensive use of ML.
• Demonstrated excellent communications skills.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, and employee assistance program coverage for team members and their families.
• Health savings account plan, healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• 401k plan.
• $125 per month for commuting or internet expenses.
• $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
• Up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year, and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Annual bonuses and long-term incentive plan participation.