Scientific SME - NOAA

Key Responsibilities

• Readiness-review support.
• Advise on stream-specific transition evidence, for example coupled forecast skill (MPAS/UFS), assimilation impact and cycling stability (JEDI-MPAS continuous DA), numerical equivalence and speedup (GPU refactoring), and emulation accuracy and training-data provenance (AI4NWP).
• Technical literacy. Help facilitators and analysts interpret technical status so program artifacts reflect real research progress versus movement toward operations.
• Best practices. Articulate and apply subject-area best practices; guide how the program-management capability can resolve coordination needs across the four areas.
• On-call engagement. Participate in joint NWS readiness reviews and evidence assessments as scheduled, at approximately one-quarter time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education. Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or higher in business, management, or a related field.
• Experience. Five to seven years in a related subject area; recognized source of knowledge or expertise, able to lead or actively participate in a specialized work-group and to participate across the development life cycle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred in business, management, or a related field.
• NWP domain depth. Familiarity with numerical weather prediction, data assimilation (JCSDA/JEDI), GPU/HPC, and AI for numerical weather prediction.
• R2O experience. Prior research-to-operations transition experience in a weather or Earth-science program.

Benefits

INNOVIM offers competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.