[Pythonmac-SIG] Scientific Software developer wanted in Seattle.

[Christopher Barker]

Scientific Software Developer
NOAA Emergency Response Division

Help us develop our next-generation oil spill transport model.

Background:
The Emergency Response Division (ERD) of NOAA's Office of Response and 
Restoration (OR&R) provides scientific expertise to support the response 
to oil and chemical spills in the coastal environment. We played a major 
role in the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 
In order to fulfill our mission, we develop many of the software tools 
and models required to support a response to hazardous material spills. 
  In the wake of the Deepwater horizon incident, we are embarking on a 
program to develop our next-generation oil spill transport model, taking 
into account lessons learned from years of response and this major incident.

General Characteristics:
The incumbent of this position will provide software development 
services to support the mission of the Emergency Response Division of 
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. As part of his/her efforts, 
independent evaluation and application of development techniques, 
algorithms, software architecture, and programming patterns will be 
required.  The incumbent will work with the staff of ERD to provide 
analysis on user needs and software, GUI, and library design. He/she 
will be expect to work primarily on site at NOAA's facility in Seattle.

Knowledge:
The incumbent must be able to apply modern concepts of software 
engineering and design to the development of computational code, desktop 
applications, web applications, and libraries. The incumbent will need 
to be able to design, write, refactor, and implement code for a complex 
desktop and/or web application and computational library.  The incumbent 
will work with a multi-disciplinary team including scientists, users, 
and other developers, utilizing software development practices such as 
usability design, version control, bug and issue tracking, and unit 
testing.  Good communication skills and the knowledge of working as part 
of a team are required.

Direction received:
The incumbent will participate on various research and development 
teams.  While endpoints will be identified through Division management 
and some direct supervision will be provided, the incumbent will be 
responsible for progressively being able to take input from team 
meetings and design objectives and propose strategies for reaching 
endpoints.

Typical duties and responsibilities:
The incumbent will work with the oil and chemical spill modeling team to 
improve and develop new tools and models used in fate and transport 
forecasting.  Different components of the project will be written in 
C++, Python, and Javascript.

Education requirement, minimum:
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.

Experience requirement, minimum:
One to five years experience in development of complex software systems 
in one or more full-featured programming languages (C, C++, Java, 
Python, Ruby,  Fortran, etc.)

The team requires experience in the following languages/disciplines. 
Each incumbent will need experience in some subset:

  * Computational/Scientific programming
  * Numerical Analysis/Methods
  * Parallel processing
  * Desktop GUI
  * Web services
  * Web clients: HTML/CSS/Javascript
  * Python
  * wxPython
  * OpenGL
  * C/C++
  * Python--C/C++ integration
  * Software development team leadership


While the incumbent will work on-site at NOAA, directly with the NOAA 
team, this is a contract position with General Dynamics Information 
Technology:

http://www.gdit.com/default.aspx

For more information and to apply, use the GDIT web site:
https://secure.resumeware.net/gdns_rw/gdns_web/job_detail.cfm?key=59436&show_cart=0&referredId=20

if that long url doesn't work, try:

http://www.resumeware.net/gdns_rw/gdns_web/job_search.cfm

and search for job ID: 179178


NOTE: This is a potion being hired by GDIT to work with NOAA, so any 
questions about salary, benefits, etc, etc should go to GDIT. However, 
feel free to send me questions about our organization, working 
conditions, more detail about the nature of the projects etc.

-Chris



-- 
Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
Oceanographer

Emergency Response Division
NOAA/NOS/OR&R            (206) 526-6959   voice
7600 Sand Point Way NE   (206) 526-6329   fax
Seattle, WA  98115       (206) 526-6317   main reception

Chris.Barker at noaa.gov