Scientific Collaborator in Climate Scenarios

Advancement of scientific methods to translate climate model projections into readily usable scenario products, e.g. in the field of extremes. Technical operationalization in the MeteoSwiss environment and support of developed methods. Analysis of results and their communication for different user groups. Support users with optimal usage and interpretation of scenario products.

The Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH Zurich and the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss together with further academic partners jointly develop climate scenarios for Switzerland. The position is embedded in the team Climate Evolution of MeteoSwiss and involves close contact with collaborators at ETH Zurich and with practitioners.

• MSc in natural science or computational science and preferably a PhD in meteorology, climatology, environmental science, or a closely related field

• Excellent programming skills in R and/or Python and a profound knowledge of state-of-the-art statistical methods for climate data analysis

• Working experience with climate (model) data, in particular with large climate model ensembles, and experience in the analyses of climate extremes are considered as advantages

• Open-minded, team-oriented, and goal-driven individual who enjoys maintaining close contacts with both the scientific community and with practitioners and end users of climate products

• Good command of both German and English is required