Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Position Announcement

Job Title: Engineer position in Numerical Systems and Calculations

Area of specialization in IWRI Research and Education: Numerical and IT development and implementation of Climate models

The International Water Research Institute (IWRI) at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) invites applications for Engineer position specialized in Numerical Calculations and Systems. WRI-UM6P is implementing, in partnership with Ecole Polytechnique (the X, France), a climate modeling project with the objective of developing a “North African” version of the coupled atmosphere (LMDZ) and land-surface (ORCHIDEE) components of the IPSL-Climate Model to improve the simulation of the regional climate of this part of Africa.

The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the numerical/IT development and implementation of the model and develop a specific configuration for simulating the North African and Moroccan climate. He/she will help in the IT implementation and maintenance of successive versions of the model and will work with the UM6P modeling team. He/she may be involved in the research activity of the modeling team and in the associated IT activities with a variable balance between the two.

The successful candidate will have excellent programming skills in parallel programming models and excellent computing skills in high-level computer languages as well as a very good experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting. A good knowledge and experience in numerical weather and/or climate modeling are an asset.

The job is part of a collaboration between UM6P (IWRI) and the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (CNRS) of Ecole Polytechnique in France and requires from the candidate good skills to work within multi-institutional cooperation projects.

Successful candidate is expected to:

• Implementation of the model on the UM6P HPC or another computing platform.
• Contribute to the modernization of the model and the integration of new developments.
•  Development of advanced numerical simulation codes and monitoring of model experiments in different HPCs clusters.
• Provide support to other researchers and engineers to help solving numerical and IT related technical problems.
• Develop test, analysis and visualizing tools
• Collaborate with colleagues and scientists in the UM6P-IWRI and partner institutions including Ecole Polytechnique to ensure adequate achievements.

• Engineer (or equivalent) in high performance computing and numerical methods, weather and/or climate science, physics or related discipline.
• Solid knowledge of high level computer and programming languages (i.e. FORTRAN, C/C++),   UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, Python, …).
• Very good knowledge of parallel programming with MPI and OpenMP
• knowledge of climate model data formats (NetCDF and GRIB file formats)
• knowledge and experience in numerical weather and/or climate modeling is an asset
• Knowledge in model evaluation methods and tools.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and writing are important. Fluency in French and English are required.
• Ability to travel for missions of several months outside Morocco (e.g.  in France).