<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning!<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I came across this via LinkedIn. See the job description and qualifications needed below. - Val</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://nrel.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NREL/job/Boulder-CO/Senior-Atmospheric-and-Marine-Researcher_R8377">Senior Atmospheric and Marine Researcher</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">NREL - Golden, Colorado</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Job Description</b></span></div><div><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The National Wind Technology Center at the NREL Flatiron’s Campus is seeking a qualified candidate with a strong background in atmospheric sciences to join the wind energy sciences team to support offshore atmospheric sciences research.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">  </span>The candidate is expected to focus on the marine environment and applications to the growing offshore wind industry. We are therefore seeking a researcher with a strong background in the theory, numerical modeling, and simulation of the atmosphere, ocean, and their interaction. </span></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">In particular, we seek a candidate with in-depth knowledge of marine boundary layer processes, numerical weather prediction modeling for offshore wind energy applications, improving numerical weather prediction models for the marine atmospheric boundary layer (e.g., coupling with ocean or wave models), wind resource assessment techniques, and validation or assimilation of model simulations with observations. The successful candidate has knowledge of climate simulations and the effect of climate change on offshore wind energy, and/or experience in simulating extreme events (hurricanes). The candidate can expect to develop and apply new modeling techniques for marine atmospheric flows within WRF and LES codes, conduct and assess simulations, use observations from remote sensing instruments to perform validation, generate wind resource assessments, and to identify and tackle the latest research questions in marine atmospheric sciences and offshore wind energy.</span></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate a broad understanding of atmospheric principles, theories, and <span class="gmail-WPJ2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;word-break:break-all;display:inline;text-decoration:inherit">concepts.  The</span> researcher will work with the US Department of Energy Wind Energy Technology Office, with other national laboratories, industry partners, and the international community to execute projects and promote the wind energy industry.</span></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">We offer a unique collaborative environment with world-renowned scientists in the area of renewable energy and atmospheric sciences. The scientist will be involved in strategic research decisions at NREL and within the research community in the U.S.</span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Basic Qualifications</span></span></h2><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">For Researcher IV level<br>Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience . <br><br>For Researcher V level<br>Relevant PhD and 9 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 12 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 14 or more years of experience</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</span></p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Additional Required Qualifications</span></h2><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The candidate will have excellent writing, interpersonal, and communication skills and will be expected to publish results in high-impact technical journals and present work at conferences, symposia, and review meetings. </span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The candidate will also be expected to support the development of new work proposals, preparations, and reviews as well as have a record of publications in high-impact factor journals</span></li></ul></div></div>