Co-leader - Computational Earth Sciences (R4)

**Job Reference**:

- 540_25_ES_R4

**Position**:

- Co-Leader - Computational Earth Sciences (R4)

**Closing Date**:

- Wednesday, 20 August, 2025

**Reference**: 540_25_ES_R4

**Job title**: Co-Leader - Computational Earth Sciences (R4)

**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 one person to co-lead the CES group. The CES group is a multidisciplinary team of 85 members with a broad range of scientific and technical profiles that closely interact with all the other BSC-ES groups and ensures contacts with other BSC departments.

**Key Duties**
- Take a leading role in directing the CES group's national and international research activities, and work with the CES team leaders to regularly design a strategy that identifies risks, gaps and opportunities.
- Conduct cutting-edge research and lead the corresponding publications in collaboration with other leaders.
- Work with the CES team leaders to manage the group and ensure that opportunities for continuous improvement are provided for team members, while also guaranteeing the group's sustainability.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of a strategy for the BSC-ES, working closely with the CES group and the other BSC-ES groups.
- Manage the group's resources and identify and secure funding to ensure its sustainability.
- Take on a leading role in cutting-edge projects related to the implementation of digital twins and their integration with AI.

**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 computational 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 - Applications without this document will not be considered
- The evaluation criteria will be:

- The first six aspects will be taken into account for the screening phase.
- Also, the panel will consider Career Breaks (e.g. parental leaves) with an extra 5%. in the recruitment phase.
- At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement