Scientific Software Engineer

APS Level 6

All Bureau capital city office locations will be considered

Position Overview

The Bureau's Science and Innovation Group delivers world-class research and development enabling the Bureau to lead to deliver better climate, oceans, water, weather and earth system prediction information and insights to its customers. The Research to Operations Program (R2O) is one of two programs within the Science and Innovation Group. It brings science into practice by accelerating the transfer of research into real-world application.

The Weather, Marine and Climate Models team in Research to Operations is responsible for transitioning research candidates to operations in four modelling areas: weather, marine, climate and dispersion. The main role of this team is to develop and maintain high quality operational numerical prediction systems so that the associated products can be used effectively by Bureau-wide operations and external users.

We are looking for highly motived scientific software engineers / scientific numerical modellers to join our team. Our ideal candidate will make significant contributions to operationalisation and support of new and upgraded software systems across multiple modelling areas. This is a great opportunity to work on meaningful numerical prediction applications for the public good.

The R2O Weather, Marine and Climate Model team shares responsibilities amongst its members as needs and priorities change. Members of the team have opportunities to work in the Bureau's High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment, stretch their analytical and programming skills in solving challenging problems, develop expertise in a wide range of operational numerical prediction systems.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025

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