Job ID: 2507445
Location: PRINCETON, NJ, US
Date Posted: 2025-07-14
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
Description
SAIC is seeking an experienced Senior Ocean/Climate Specialist to support our customer, NOAA GFDL, in Princeton, NJ. This position requires an ability to obtain a Public Trust. Desired physical location is in the Princeton, NJ or surrounding area.

The Senior Ocean/Climate Specialist responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support research activities focused on the change and variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)
• Research associated impacts on regional and global scale climate phenomena
• Proven skill in running and using coupled models
• Analyze climate model outputs in comparison with available observational datasets
• Programming in Matlab and Python
• Execute scientific perturbation experiments using ocean/climate models
• Support of the above research activities on:
• large-scale ocean dynamics coupled interactions with atmosphere and cryosphere
• Associated impacts in the earth system
• Running and analyzing ocean and coupled climate models using Python, Fortran, Ferret, and Matlab

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• An advanced degree with experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field, such as atmosphere dynamics, earth science, applied math, physics, and AI/ML data science)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance which requires US Citizenship
• Proven skill in running and using ocean and coupled climate models
• Diagnostic skills in analyzing simulated and observed datasets
• Expert in Python Programming, with experience in Fortran, Matlab, and Ferret
• Professional experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field) and evidence of the level of knowledge and skills outlined below.
• Impeccable communication skills

Desirable Skills:

• An advanced degree with experience in scientific research in physical oceanography or climate dynamics (or closely related field, such as atmosphere dynamics, earth science, applied math, physics, and AI/ML data science)

• Support research activities focused on the change and variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)
• Research associated impacts on regional and global scale climate phenomena
• Proven skill in running and using coupled models
• Analyze climate model outputs in comparison with available observational datasets
• Programming in Matlab and Python
• Execute scientific perturbation experiments using ocean/climate models
• Support of the above research activities on:
• large-scale ocean dynamics coupled interactions with atmosphere and cryosphere
• Associated impacts in the earth system
• Running and analyzing ocean and coupled climate models using Python, Fortran, Ferret, and Matla