Physical Scientist for EVU Regional Verification

Location: Hybrid role in College Park, Maryland, USA; must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder and must have lived in the US for 3–5 years before applying

Salary: $70,000–$110,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides technical and scientific support for NOAA/NWS modeling, evaluation, and operational forecasting initiatives.

What you will do

• Apply object-oriented and high-resolution verification methods, including METplus MODE, to assess numerical weather prediction models.
• Develop customized and automated verification workflows for convective-scale and rapid-refresh systems such as RRFS, REFS, and WoFS.
• Serve as a technical liaison on NBM, NDFD, and quantitative precipitation forecasting verification topics.
• Develop metrics and evaluation methods for high-resolution AI/ML forecast systems such as HRRRCast.
• Contribute verification metrics, code enhancements, and graphics capabilities to the community-based METplus framework.
• Support operational model evaluation and collaboration with NWS/NCEP scientists, developers, and forecasters.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, scientific programming, mathematics, or a related physical science.
• 7+ years of experience in numerical model analysis, evaluation, or verification.
• Experience with object-oriented verification, high-resolution NWP models, METplus MODE, and meteorological data formats including GRIB2, NetCDF, HDF, and BUFR.
• Extensive Python experience in high-performance computing and UNIX environments, including verification metrics and custom visualization.
• Proficiency with GitHub, software repositories, version control, and collaborative development.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder and must have lived in the US for 3–5 years before applying.

Nice to have

• Experience with convective-scale or rapid-refresh model workflows, ensembles, precipitation verification, NBM, NDFD, or AI/ML weather models.
• Knowledge of Fortran, HTML, JavaScript, GrADS, GEMPAK, or MATLAB.
• Familiarity with National Weather Service operational centers, OMD workflows, or operational forecasting environments.
• Strong statistical, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, team-oriented, and initiative-driven working environment.
• Opportunity to support the National Weather Service mission and operational forecasting.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Matching 401(k) contribution.