SAIC

Earth Scientist

SAIC$90K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in atmospheric science, oceanography, or related physical science with 7+ years of experience in scientific programming.
  • 5+ years in a leadership role; excellent communication skills are essential.
  • Active Public Trust Clearance required.
  • Extensive Fortran programming experience for parallel architectures and UNIX shell scripting.
  • Familiarity with configuration management tools like Git; experience with MPI, ESMF, C++, Python, and high-performance computing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical development and documentation of scientific software for modeling and data assimilation.
  • Conduct numerical experiments to advance scientific research initiatives.
  • Present scientific findings at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
  • Participation in significant scientific projects supporting NASA.
  • Collaborative work environment with access to leading-edge technology in earth system science.
Full Job Description
SAIC's GLOMAS contract is looking for an Earth System Scientist to support global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Under this contract, SAIC will be responsible for supporting and maintaining NASA Goddard's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model and data assimilation system. Job Duties: • 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. Qualifications • Master's degree in atmospheric science, oceanography or other physical science, mathematics or computational science with 7+ years of experience in scientific programming, including five in a leadership role, and 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 and familiarity with AI/ML concepts and implementation is highly desirable. Experience in developing customized software for high performance computing environments such as GPUs.

About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
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