Co-leader - Computational Earth Sciences (Re4)

**Job Reference**:

- 540_25_ES_RE4

**Position**:

- Co-Leader - Computational Earth Sciences (RE4)

**Closing Date**:

- Wednesday, 20 August, 2025

**Reference**: 540_25_ES_RE4

**Job title**: Co-Leader - Computational Earth Sciences (RE4)

**About BSC**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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**Context And Mission**
- BSC-ES is looking for a research engineer (a researcher en la vacante de MARIO) to lead the CES group and perform his/her own research. The CES group is a multidisciplinary team with 80 members covering a broad range of scientific and technical profiles. They closely interact with all the other BSC-ES groups and ensure some of the collaborations with other BSC departments. The group, which is structured in four teams, also provides help and guidance to the scientists in the Department on their technical issues and develops and maintains the framework for the efficient use of the shared HPC resources, software environment, and data infrastructure.

**Key Duties**- Co-lead the CES group, including its national and international research activities, and regularly design a strategy with the CES team leaders to identify risks, gaps and opportunities.
- Perform cutting-edge research, leading to scientific publications.
- Work with the CES team leaders to ensure that opportunities for the continuous improvement of the group members and to guarantee the group sustainability.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of a strategy for the Earth Sciences Department in close collaboration with other BSC-ES groups.
- Organise and manage the group resources in collaboration with the CES team leaders.
- Explore and lead the group in the participation in research projects and other opportunities to attract funds.
- Take a leading role in cutting-edge research and development projects.

**Requirements**:

- Education
- An MSc in computer sciences, physics, engineering, mathematics or a related discipline.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience in leading/managing research and/or engineering projects in Earth sciences.
- Demonstrated experience in managing and developing diverse teams.
- Proven experience in interacting with internal and external partners.
- Contribution to the design of the use of IT infrastructures, such as the use of high-performance computing, large data archive systems and software stacks, based on user requirements.
- Experience in implementing Digital Twins and AI in High Performance Computing (HPC) for Earth Sciences.
- A consolidated publication record.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- A PhD in a related discipline, although not strictly necessary, will be valued.
- Knowledge and experience in Earth Sciences model development, data handling and community tools will be valued.
- Experience in Earth science workflows and experimental set up for experiments performed on high-performance platforms considering both energy or time efficiency is important.
- Competences
- Fluency in other European languages will be also valued.
- Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and pressure.
- Capacity to interact and build strong relations with a diverse stakeholder/staff base.
- Ability to work in a professional environment and within a multidisciplinary research team.
- Excellent decision-making skills.

**Conditions**
- The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department.
- We offer a full-time contract, a great working environment, a highly stimulating workplace with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, perks like ticket restaurant and private health insurance, and full support to the relocation process.
- Starting date: As soon as possible.

**Applications procedure and process**
- A full CV in English including contact details
- A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references -