At the Centre for Climate Resilience at the University of Augsburg, a position is available at the research group Climate Resilience of Human-Made Ecosystems (Prof. Dr. Katharina Waha) from November, 01st 2024 for a
 

Research Software Engineer (m/f/d)
 

in a fixed-term employment until June 2026.The position is part-time, with up to half of the regular working hours, depending on the candidate’s availability. The salary is determined based on prior experience and on the fulfilment of requirements according to the German public sector pay scale up to E13 TV-L. Further academic qualification is possible.

The Centre for Climate Resilience at the University of Augsburg was founded at the end of 2020. The research centre is dedicated to research and science communication in the field of climate resilience with an interdisciplinary approach. The aim is to develop scientific foundations and holistic and implementable strategies at regional, national and international level that demonstrate adaptations to the unavoidable consequences of climate change.

Your tasks:

We are looking for a part-time research software engineer interested in scientific computing and research on global vegetation, climate risk and sustainability modelling using the LPJmL model.

Tasks:

• Write, debug and compile C code written for the global dynamic vegetation model LPJmL (source code partly open under an AGPLv3 license), including profiling and optimization of existing code.
• Contribute to model description and technical papers and technical documentation, published for example in a Geoscientific Model Development special issue. 
• Coaching and mentoring of research and technical staff and students.
• Planning and conducting software engineering, programming, scientific computing or modelling courses amounting to 1 to 2 ½ semester hours per week (depending on regular working hours).

Employment requirements:

• A master’s degree in informatics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field.

Essential are:

• Profound experience in programming in C, debugging source code written in C and compiling and running software on a high-performance computing cluster.
• Ability to collaborate with researchers from different disciplines, at University of Augsburg and at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
• Fluency in version control management, preferably using Git.
• A demonstration of scientific innovation and creativity and the ability and willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary research team, also with external researchers.

Optional is:

• Familiarity in scientific modeling.
• Experience in preparing model input data and post-processing of simulation results with R.

The required qualifications must already be proven in the application documents by appropriate certificates.

Women are expressly encouraged to apply. The University of Augsburg promotes professional equality for women. The University of Augsburg is particularly committed to the compatibility of family and working life. For more information, please contact the women's representative of the faculty. Disabled applicants (m/f/d) will be given preference if they otherwise have essentially the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance.

Application: Please indicate the desired starting date in your application. Please include the names and contact details of two previous supervisors (m/f/d) or academic/professional referees (m/f/d) in your CV. Please send your complete application documents (including 1-page letter about your motivation to apply, CV, list of publications) in digital form as a single PDF file by no later than

September, 3rd 2024

to: Prof. Dr Katharina Waha, Climate Resilience of Human-Made Ecosystems, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 2, 86159 Augsburg.

E-mail: sekretariat.kvk@ccr.uni-augsburg.de

(Subject: Research Software Engineer)

Please note that only the German version of the job advertisement is legally binding, which can be found on the website: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/jobs-und-karriere/stellenangebote. This English translation of the job advertisement is provided to help you understand the original German one.