Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) has an immediate opening for a Scientific Programmer Analyst to provide scientific software and analysis the at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and be a part of building the technology to power the next generation NASA Goddard weather and climate models.
The successful candidate will work to port components existing NASA weather and climate models written in Fortran to a python-based middleware developed at Goddard. The candidate will play the role of domain expert in a team of software developers on a mission to accelerate climate and weather models. They will be a part of by developing the tooling to enables scientist to leverage hardware accelerators and the latest technology.
The successful candidate must demonstrate an appetite for software development and its application to the field of weather and climate science.
Candidates will be an integral part of the Advanced Software and Technology Group (ASTG) composed of NASA scientists and software engineers, working in a collegial environment with access to the most advanced computing technologies and hardware available to the US Government.
The position can be in person or remote.
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EOE, including disability/vets
Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.