The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics, thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.
Scientific Programmer "Adaptation of the elliptical solver to coastal taks" (m/f/d)
Background
The Coastal Ecology section at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) invites applications to adapt elliptic solver to coastal tasks. You are expected to have skills in high-level programming. The position is an excellent opportunity to get familiar with the coastal ocean models and their performance aspects.
Tasks
- Adaptation of the existing elliptic solver (iterative process) to solve problems on mixed unstructured grids (triangular and quads) in 2-D space;
- Adaptation of the elliptical solver to open boundary areas and wetting/dry zones;
- Solver control optimization;
- Based on the existing 2D solver, creating a 3D solver with an implicit vertical procedure;
- Porting of the FESOM-C model to DKRZ HPC Levante;
- Analysis of multidimensional model outputs on HPC with Python, Xarray and Dask.
Requirements
- Master degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Oceanography, Physics or related fields;
- Strong background in high-level programming;
- Good communication skills in English;
- Strong motivation;
- Desirable: background in fluid dynamics or experience with the performance of numerical ocean simulations.
Further Information
Please contact Dr. Vera Fofonova (Vera.Fofonova@awi.de; +49(471)4831-1722) for further information. This is a full-time position, limited to 6 months. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des offentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13. The place of employment will be Bremerhaven.
The AWI is characterised by
- our scientific success - excellent research
- collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
- opportunities to develop - on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI
- a culture of reconciling work and family - an audited and well-supported aspect of our operation
- our outstanding research infrastructure - ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more
- an international environment - everyday contacts with people from all over the world
- having an influence - fundamental research with social and political relevance
- flat hierarchies - facilitating freedom and responsibility
- exciting science topics, with opportunities also in technology, administration and infrastructure
Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy. The AWI aims to increase the number of employees who are women, and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply. AWI offers the possibility of mobile working to the extent of up to 50% of regular working hours.
Applicants with disability will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family in various ways and has received a number of awards as a result of this engagement.
We look forward to your application!
Please submit your application by February 8th 2023, exclusively online.
Reference number 23/25/D/Bio-b.
