R&D Engineer Atmosphere

As a top European research centre, VITO and its 1,300 employees turn scientific insights into ground-breaking technological innovations, AI solutions and policy advice. We do so with a single objective: to help our world thrive for at least 1,000 more years.

Within the Environmental Intelligence unit, about 350 motivated employees are committed to provide answers to real-world challenges, to safeguard our planetary and human boundaries. We do that by offering ground-breaking scientific insights and solutions to our customers for a range of societal and economic questions. We combine data and advanced technologies to develop and share valuable information, insights and models of our environment (land, climate, air, water ...) and our health with governments, other research institutions, companies, ... Communicating clearly and accessibly about our activities, projects and insights is important and contributes to our main goal: promoting a sustainable and secure society.

As a researcher you will contribute to Flemish, European and international air quality policy:

• You develop and configure models that simulate and predict the emissions and dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere. The focus of these models is at the urban scale and are used to support the environmental policy of Flemish and foreign governments, city administrations, urban planners and industries.
• You contribute to scientific software development, data processing and data visualization.
• You are involved in the integration of new data science techniques such as machine learning, AI and data assimiliation methodologies in the modelling toolbox.
• You are responsible for the analysis of the model results and reporting to the customer or end user.
• Within projects you always work together with fellow researchers and IT professionals, you report on the results and you publish in scientific journals.

More information at: https://atmosys.vito.be

Jobrequirements

• You hold a master degree in exact or applied sciences or engineering. A degree in atmospheric sciences is a plus.
• You have experience in air quality modelling. Experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a plus.
• You have experience in data assimilation and artificial intelligence techniques.
• You are good at manipulating large data sets and you have a good knowledge of Python or a similar programming language.
• You have experience with the visualisation of spatial data. Experience with GIS software is a plus.
• You are accurate, you work in a structured way and you strive to deliver quality. You can document your work and report the results directly to customers.
• You are customer-oriented and work solution-oriented.
• You are fluent in English, fluent in Dutch is a plus.

Offer

• The unit Environmental Intelligence is located in Mol. We work activity based. Our activities determine our workplace. On average we meet twice a week in our office in Mol. The other days you can work from home, Mol or from a VITO satellite office (Antwerp-Berchem, Genk, Ostend) depending on the needs of the activity.
• A competitive salary with a range of benefits, including allowances, insurance and a modular package of vacation days.
• Innovation is our core asset, therefore it goes without saying that we give our employees the opportunity to undertake additional training and keep up to date in their field of expertise.
• The chance to be part of an organization with an international reputation, known for its advanced technological research and scientific consultancy.
• The possibility to actively contribute towards sustainable developments at local, national and global level.