Position
Senior AI for Earth Sciences Team Co-Lead (RE3-R3)
Employer
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Sector
Other, Relevant divisions
Type
Full time
Level
Experienced
Salary
Open
Preferred Education
Master
Application deadline
8 August 2026
Posted
7 July 2026
Job Description
The mission of the Earth Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, led by Prof. Francisco Doblas-Reyes, is to carry out research and develop methods for environmental forecasting, with a particular focus on the atmosphere-ocean-biosphere system. This includes the management and transfer of technology to support key societal challenges through the use of models and data applications in High Performance Computing (HPC) and AI infrastructures. It also includes the dissemination of real-time air quality and climate information based on its research expertise in collaboration with the Spanish authorities and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).




The successful candidate will join the Computational Earth Sciences group to co‐lead the Artificial Intelligence Team, which is responsible for developing and applying machine learning and AI methods, including deep learning models, emulators, and data‐driven techniques, to advance climate and earth system research. The team contributes AI expertise to major EU‐funded initiatives, including Climate‐DT / Destination Earth, ELLIOT, CONCERTO, TerraDT, EXPECT, among others, translating cutting‐edge AI research into tools and services with real scientific and societal impact.
The AI Team plays a growing role in the department's research, bridging fundamental AI research and its application to climate and Earth science challenges. It has strong links with the other teams in the Computational Earth Sciences group and with the research groups across the department.
Key Duties
Co‐lead the coordination and supervision of a team of around 15 research engineers and scientists, alongside the current Team Lead.
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