Job Title

Research Engineer

Job Description

Primary duties for this position will be:

The development of open-source tools and software for probabilistic seismic hazard and risk assessment, in collaboration with the IT team

To support the creation of national, regional and global PSHA hazard models, in close collaboration with scientists working in different parts of the world

Active research into new theoretical concepts and computational techniques for the development and application of probabilistic seismic hazard.

Training scientists and students in both the use of the software as well as the scientific aspects of seismic hazard analysis

Restrictions

• Telecommuting is OK
• No Agencies Please

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of computational programming for scientific applications. Our software (OpenQuake) is developed in Python and knowledge of the usual scientific stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, numba, ...) is expected.
• Proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, openness to discussion and willingness to collaborate with the other members of the team
• A PhD in one of the following STEM disciplines (or related) is not required by appreciated

About the Company

The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) is a global collaborative effort that brings together state-of-the-art science and national, regional and international organisations. GEM promotes the creation of open tools, models and datasets for the calculation of seismic hazard and risk. The GEM Hazard Team assembles and maintains global and regional earthquake databases, and develops and provides the capability to compute and analyse seismic hazard. Currently, the GEM Hazard Team actively develops the OpenQuake Engine (the GEM seismic hazard calculation engine) and several tools and applications for PSHA input model creation and testing, such as the OpenQuake Hazard Modeller’s Toolkit or the OpenQuake Model Building Toolkit. The team also collaborates with groups of scientists in different parts of the world involved in activities promoted by GEM.

Contact Info

• Contact: Michele Simionato
• E-mail contact: michele.simionato@gmail.com
• Web: https://www.globalquakemodel.org/