Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate and Global Change Sciences - Noblis

Responsibilities

Noblis is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual for a post-doctoral fellowship position in the field of Climate Science in Reston, VA

The successful candidate will work on interdisciplinary projects aimed at addressing critical environmental challenges and advancing our understanding of climate and global change processes and their impacts on the environment and human systems. This fellowship presents an excellent opportunity for scientists to collaborate on cutting-edge research projects and contribute to the development of innovative solutions to address climate change challenges.

This is a full-time, one-year fellowship position with the option for a second year and the potential opportunity to join Noblis as a full-time employee.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct independent research within a Noblis internal Research and Development (R&D) program by designing and executing research on topics related to climate science with a focus on areas such as climate modeling and simulations, atmospheric dynamics, or climate impacts on natural and built infrastructure and/or human-systems processes.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to analyze and interpret climate data from various sources, including observational datasets, remote sensing, and numerical simulations.
• Contribute to the development of methods at the intersection of climate science and machine learning.
• Mentor other teams of researchers with focus on climate science modeling and analysis.
• Contribute to Noblis sustainability community of practice and corporate organizational learning practices by contributing to innovative and engaging learning materials.
• Contribute to the development of a comprehensive environmental sciences strategy aligned with climate science business objectives and talent development priorities.

Candidate must be willing/able to:

• Actively participate in scientific/industry symposium, conferences, and professional societies.
• Present at scientific conferences (e.g., American Geophysical Union) and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Contribute technical content to grants, proposals, white papers, and other internal/external collateral as needed.

Required Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, Climate Sciences, or a related field and granted in last 5 years.
• Strong background in climate and/or atmospheric modeling with focus on impacts to build and natural infrastructure and/or human-systems processes.
• Experience in data analysis methods relevant to environmental research.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a team environment.
• US citizenship.
• Ability to obtain or maintain a security clearance.

Desired Qualifications

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Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI, and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards. Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

Salary Range Explanation

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.

Salary at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, and clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is provided within the posting and are based on full time status. Part time staff receive a prorated salary based on regularly scheduled hours. The estimated minimum and maximum displayed represents the broadest range for this position (inclusive of high geographic and high clearance requirements), and is just one component of Noblis’ total compensation package for employees.

Posted Salary Range

Equal Employment Opportunity

Noblis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race (as well as because of or on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Noblis is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Noblis will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact employee-relations@noblis.org.