Meteorologist Developer

Lynker is expecting the need for a sharp and motivated Meteorologist Developer in the next 6 to 8 months, to support a long term contract with the NOAA and will have direct interaction with scientists within NOAA as well as partners outside of NOAA.

This includes; NCEP centers, NWS weather forecast offices, NOAA research facilities, academia, and the NWS Science and Operations Officer community.

In this capacity the incumbent will work with the above partners to develop and implement verification methods to gauge the effectiveness of new forecaster tools applied to operational and experimental forecasts.

The work will also strive to build the capacity to enhance impact decision support services (IDSS), effectively building a Weather Ready Nation.

In addition, the Meteorologist Developer will work to provide enhancements that build upon current forecaster tools as well as work to develop new services and forecaster tools.

Promising work will be transitioned to operations.

The incumbent will provide training materials on the enhanced forecaster products and tools.

Areas of particular need and interest to be addressed include developing forecaster and verification tools for heavy precipitation associated with land-falling tropical cyclones, warm-season convection, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers.

Additional areas of focus include the use of ensemble model output to aid forecaster generation of probabilistic products, as well as exploring future roles of weather forecasters.

The Ideal Meteorologist Developer will be local to the College Park, MD area, and will be able to work a HYBRID schedule, working on site 2-3 days per work, and working from home the remainder of the week.

This position is contingent on approved funding.

This position is contingent on the award of funding for the new role.

The ideal Meteorologist Developer will be able to develop tools featuring map data.

Assignments are typically received in terms of expected outcomes and incumbents are expected to act independently to develop required information, including selecting approach, and to provide sound analyses and recommendations.

Assigned projects may include analysis, application development, or other areas specific to the assignment.