CIRES/NOAA NCEI Software Developer – Geomagnetism Team

at  University of Colorado Boulder

Requisition Number:
60363
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Research Faculty
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
26-Nov-2024
Date Posted:
14-Nov-2024

JOB SUMMARY

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder conducts collaborative research with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). CIRES has an immediate opening for a Software Developer in its CIRES / NCEI Geomagnetism Team. The successful applicant will join a rapidly growing group of Geomagnetic Software Engineers responsible for developing and maintaining scalable and efficient software used by the team for development of global magnetic field models of the Earth, as well as by users for accessing and running models and data products. Global magnetic field models are used by government, industry and the general public in a wide range of applications, including aircraft navigation, satellite attitude control and directional drilling. Ideal applicants will have experience in scientific software development, transitioning research software to operational use, and high-performance or cloud computing. The ability to collaborate effectively within a team of research scientists, software developers and data managers is essential.
This CIRES position is based at the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, Colorado, and offers a hybrid work option.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

WHO WE ARE

At CIRES, more than 950 environmental science professionals work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, solid Earth sciences, and more. Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on Earth, with comprehensive oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical data. From the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun and from million-year-old sediment records to near real time satellite images, NCEI is the Nation’s leading authority for environmental information.
The CIRES/NCEI geomagnetism team conducts basic and applied research in the field of Earth magnetism. We develop data-based models and calculators of the various magnetic fields originating within the Earth (in the core, mantle, lithosphere and oceans) and in the near-Earth space environment (in the ionized layers of the atmosphere and the magnetosphere). Such models have a wide range of scientific and technical uses, from investigating physical processes associated with a particular source, for example core flows, to providing accurate headings for aircraft navigation and directional drilling. The group is based out of NOAA’s Boulder campus and is primarily funded by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) through an agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Access to the NOAA Federal Center’s computers is necessary to perform the work of this position. Access is not available for individuals working in the United States through a visa or a working permit and therefore we are unable to consider applications from individuals on a visa or working permit or requiring visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future.
• If you are the selected finalist, you will be required to successfully complete a federal background clearance process for site access.
• This position will be rostered in CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder, but will be physically situated in the David Skaggs Research Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305.

• Design, develop, maintain, and update software for fitting global geomagnetic field models to data collected from ground-based and low-Earth orbit platforms (40%)
• Collaborate with research scientists to transition research-grade scientific software into a production environment, including high-profile geomagnetic field models such as the World Magnetic Model (WMM) and High-Definition Geomagnetic Model (HDGM) (30%)
• Create user-facing software that allows users to access NOAA’s geomagnetic field models (20%)
• Write documentation for selected software intended for both internal and external users (10%)