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2018 Unidata Summer Internship

Please do not apply through the Handshake application. Only applications received through the UCAR Careers Website will be considered.

Term: The 2018 program is an 11-week summer position (40 hours / week) running May 21, 2018 to August 3, 2018. 

Relocation:

  • Travel assistance is available.
  • Housing is provided for all students selected for the internship. 

Work Authorization:

  • UCAR/NCAR will not sponsor a work visa (e.g., J-1, H1-B, etc.) for this position.
  • Students must be authorized to work in the U.S. to be eligible for the Unidata Internship
  • For F visa students accepted to the SIParCS program, CPT work authorization issued through a U.S. Designated School Official (DSO) or OPT issued through both a DSO and the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be required. 

About the Organization:

The 2018 Unidata Summer Internship will offer graduate students and upper-level undergrads an opportunity to work with Unidata software engineers and scientists on projects drawn from a wide variety of areas that overlap atmospheric and computational sciences. Unidata's mission is to support the Earth Science research and education community with innovative data access, analysis, and visualization tools. As an intern, you will use, design, and/or modify existing Unidata software in innovative ways to better support the Unidata Community. 

Job Overview:

Projects could come from the following areas:

  • Enhancements for Unidata’s various Python projects, e.g. MetPy, Siphon, or the Jupyter Notebook Gallery
  • Work to enhance Unidata supported scientific analysis and visualization software products, e.g., IDV and AWIPS-2.
  • Work to enhance Unidata scientific data access and distribution software products, e.g., THREDDS Data Server (TDS) and netCDF.
  • Investigate the use of scientific data access, analysis, and visualization tools in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or other cloud environments.
  • Use Unidata tools to generate products for use by the Unidata community, e.g., develop and document a library of IDV bundles. 

Responsibilities:

Research / Scientific Software Development

  • Engage in research that builds on Unidata technologies and involves using, designing, and/or modifying existing Unidata software. 

Reporting / Seminars

  • In addition to working closely with individual developers, you will attend technical staff meetings to report on the status of your project. You'll also have opportunities to update the UPC staff on the progress of your project through informal “brown bag” talks. And you'll also be encouraged to share your progress and experiences at UCAR and Unidata with a larger community by posting to the Unidata developer's blog.
  • In the last week of your internship, you will have the opportunity to give a Unidata Community Seminar describing your experience and the outcomes of your summer work.
  • Unidata will also arrange for your attendance at the 2019 AMS Annual Meeting Student Conference, allowing you to present your internship work to a wide audience of working scientists and other students. We'll help you get started on your presentation and abstract submission during the summer.   

Writing

  • The intern will be expected to document their work (for projects that involve writing code, this includes in-code documentation as well as user level documentation). The student will be encouraged to participate in the Unidata Developer’s Blog throughout their summer experience. 

Qualifications:

  • Must currently be enrolled in a United States university in an undergraduate program as a junior or senior, or enrolled in a graduate level program with a focus on earth science or, if in a related field (e.g., computing or engineering), some earth science coursework preferred.
  • For software development projects, coursework in computer science (or relevant experience) with an emphasis in data formats and/or geosciences preferred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and skill in the areas of data access, distribution, analysis, and/or visualization.
  • Experience with geoscience data formats (e.g., netCDF, GRIB, BUFR).
  • Basic knowledge, through coursework, of earth and/or computer science.
  • Ability and willingness to learn and use new scientific computing tools and programs.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work with a diverse group of peers.
  • Ability to work full-time in Boulder, Colorado during the summer program.
  • Ability to interact with mentors and peers in a manner that supports collaboration and inquiry.
  • Ability and willingness to work within guidelines and policies of organization and assigned work groups. 

Desired:

  • For software development projects, working knowledge of at least one Version Control tool, preferably Git.
  • The ideal candidate will have completed the equivalent of two years of college; have some basic research and programming experience and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. 

Other Requirements:

  • Community and Professional Behavior: Interns are part of a larger community of UCAR and NCAR summer interns.  Interns are expected to contribute positively to the UCAR/NCAR community and to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to a professional environment. Interns are expected to fully participate during normal office hours.