**Job Description**

**Position Summary:**

This position is limited to an end date 9 months after the start date, unless a Student at Other Institution (SOI) form can be provided. The individual in this position will work remotely for CIRA, associated with the NOAA campus in Boulder, Colorado, reporting to the AI Scientist/Researcher for Weather Forecasting within the Scientific Computing Branch within the Global System Lab, and collaborating with other CIRA researchers and federal partners within the branch.

The position will support the development of next-generation AI-based data assimilation capabilities for HRRRCast. Primary responsibilities include the preparation, organization, and processing of large atmospheric datasets for HRRRCast data assimilation training and evaluation, as well as contributing to the development and testing of AI/ML-based data assimilation methods and workflows for convection-allowing forecasting applications.

The select...