Field Operational Meteorologist

About the role

Roadrunner Venture Studios is recruiting a Field Operational Meteorologist for one of our portfolio companies developing rainfall enhancement technology. As a Field Operational Meteorologist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, you’ll work directly with science and field teams to translate atmospheric conditions, forecasts, and real-time observations into operational decisions. This is a hands-on role for someone who is equally comfortable analyzing weather data and working in the field with meteorological sensing systems.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily and event-based forecasts before and during deployments.
• Identify favorable and unfavorable operating windows for field operations.
• Provide live weather monitoring for field teams.
• Use numerical weather prediction models alongside radar, satellite, soundings, and data from field-deployed sensing systems.
• Deploy, operate, and interpret data from Doppler LiDAR, weather radar, radiometers, radiosondes, disdrometers, ceilometers, surface weather stations, and other meteorological sensing systems.
• Develop field observation protocols and troubleshoot instrumentation.
• Ensure high-quality data collection during deployments.
• Analyze meteorological and sensor datasets post-deployment.
• Compare forecasts with observed atmospheric behavior to improve operational criteria and future deployments.
• Work with numerical weather prediction models including WRF, CM1, MPAS, and related systems.
• Develop forecasting tools, scripts, dashboards, and data workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in meteorology, atmospheric science, physics, environmental science, hydrology, or a related field.
• Experience in operational or field meteorology, applied forecasting, atmospheric research, aviation weather, hydrology, or environmental monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with meteorological field-sensing and remote-sensing systems such as Doppler LiDAR, weather radar, radiometers, radiosondes, disdrometers, ceilometers, and surface weather stations.
• Experience deploying, operating, troubleshooting, or analyzing data from meteorological instrumentation in field environments.
• Experience with numerical weather prediction models such as WRF, CM1, MPAS, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with meteorological data formats such as NetCDF and GRIB and working knowledge of Python, GIS, or other data-analysis tools.
• Experience with remote sensing, cloud microphysics, convective clouds, precipitation processes, or weather modification.
• Experience with field campaigns and operations in the Southwest United States, particularly New Mexico.
• Experience developing forecasting tools, scripts, dashboards, automated data pipelines, or other operational meteorology workflows.
• Familiarity with command-line AI tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, or similar tools.

Location & Schedule

This role is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and requires regular in-person work with the operations team, field teams, and deployment hardware. Travel to field deployment locations will be required.