We are looking for qualified scientific programmer and software engineer candidates to support NOAA’s Application and Science Common Services Support (ASCSS) in College Park, Maryland.
ASCSS specializes in transitioning science software from research to operations. Once operational, the software will process large amounts of input data from satellites and dozens of operational datasets maintained by NOAA, NASA, and other international weather agencies. The integration team within ASCSS must review algorithm software, ensure they meet coding and security standards, identify optimizations necessary for operations, and test that all necessary algorithm functionality is operationally ready. This requires our team to maintain a close relationship with researchers so that we understand the algorithm interfaces and are prepared to support all the necessary communication of data from the system into the algorithm.
Responsibilities
Provides programming support for the next generation NOAA weather satellites using industry standard software engineering techniques. Support science algorithm integration and research-to-operation efforts for transitioning new and legacy scientific software applications, to run in new ground systems
Update code (refactor, debug, port, optimize) to work within NESDIS ground processing systems and to meet coding standards and processing efficiency.
Interact with science teams to understand requirements, identify improvements and optimize complex algorithm code such that quality software will be deployed operationally
Prepare and package integrated algorithm code for delivery
Qualifications
4+ years of experience in Fortran, C/C++ and knowledgeable in good programming practices.
Experience with code development in Linux platform
Highly skilled at finding, identifying the cause of, and resolving bugs and anomalies.
Excellence in developing or integrating scientific codes
Ability to handle multiple projects at a time
Willingness to learn new tools as demand arises
A basic understanding of Python or scripting for testing scientific codes.
Teamwork and strong interpersonal skills
Green Card or US Citizenship is required
Desired Skills:
Experience working using Satellite, Weather Station, Radiosonde, Radar, and Paleoclimate datasets, highly desired
Experience with interoperability between Fortran 90/95 and C/C++
Knowledgeable in Optimization techniques to improve the code performance and speed
Familiarity with CM tool such as Git
Experience with real-time and off-line processing of satellite data, science algorithm integration
Education: BS degree or higher with formal course work in physics/ mathematics/ computer programming/ remote sensing
Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder to qualify
(US Citizen must live in US for 3-5 years prior to application)
(please indicate in your cover letter).