SAIC · Greenbelt, MD, US, US
Join SAIC's GLOMAS contract to support global modeling and data assimilation at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. As an Earth System Scientist, you’ll lead the development and maintenance of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model, conduct numerical experiments, and contribute to scientific publications. This is a mission-critical role requiring advanced scientific programming and leadership skills in a high-performance computing environment.
About the Role
You will provide technical leadership in developing, implementing, testing, and documenting scientific software and algorithms for global modeling and data assimilation systems. Your work will directly impact Earth science research and support NASA’s mission to understand and protect our planet.
What You Will Do
Provide technical leadership and advanced scientific programming skills in the development, implementation, testing, and documentation of scientific software and algorithms for modeling and data assimilation systems.
Conduct numerical experiments to support scientific investigations.
Contribute to the presentation of scientific results at conferences, workshops, and in peer-reviewed publications.
What We Are Looking For
Master's degree in atmospheric science, oceanography, or other physical science, mathematics, or computational science.
7+ years of experience in scientific programming, including five in a leadership role.
Excellent communication skills.
Broad understanding of atmospheric science, oceanography, or other appropriate Earth science discipline, scientific data analysis, and data management.
Active Public Trust Clearance.
Extensive experience in Fortran programming for parallel architectures, UNIX shell scripting, and configuration management (CM) tools such as Git.
Experience in software engineering and programming with MPI, ESMF, C++, Python, object-oriented programming, HTML, Java, GrADS, and/or MATLAB.
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and implementation is highly desirable.
Experience in developing customized software for high performance computing environments such as GPUs.
This is a full-time, onsite position in Greenbelt, Maryland. The salary range is $120,001–$160,000 annually. Apply if you’re ready to lead cutting-edge Earth science modeling and make a measurable impact on global environmental research.