Senior Research Associate

About the role

This role is located in Sydney, Australia. The Senior Research Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow (Level B) is expected to carry out collaborative research in the fields of Data Science and Climate Science.

Responsibilities

• Engage in collaborative research in a manner consistent with disciplinary practice in the area of AI ocean forecasting, data assimilation, and reinforcement learning.
• Create scholarly impact in the discipline which is recognized by peers in the advancement of disciplinary knowledge.
• Conduct research/scholarly activities under limited supervision, either independently or as a member of a team (as per the norms of the discipline).
• Establish a personal research portfolio and start developing independent research proposals.
• Contribute to the development of applications for competitive funding under the guidance of senior colleagues.
• Participate as co-investigator or chief investigator in competitive grant applications, or show evidence of active participation in research collaborations funded by competitive grants.
• Design research projects for postgraduate students and junior postdoctoral researchers.
• Mentor and guide students and colleagues and develop the next generation of academics through involvement in supervision of HDRs (as per the norms of the discipline).

Requirements

• PhD in Climate Science, Oceanography, Computer Science, Data Science or a related discipline, and/or relevant work experience.
• Expertise with AWS CPU and GPU computing, cloud computing, AI model architecture, training, and validation, reinforcement learning, generative artificial intelligence, and data assimilation in an industry and/or academic setting.
• Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
• Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
• A track record of significant involvement with the profession and/or industry.
• High level communication skills and ability to network effectively and interact with a diverse range of students and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
• Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.