Energy

International

Title: Energy Meteorologist

Company: MetDesk

Location: Wendover, UK

Permit: UK Permit required.

Work Location: Onsite

Degree: A degree in meteorology or associated science.

Experience: 2-4+ years

Qualifications:

• Comprehensive knowledge of global weather models, including strengths and weaknesses.
• Experience as an energy forecaster for European or worldwide markets would be desirable.
• In-depth knowledge of synoptic meteorology and climatology.
• Knowledge of key teleconnections and how they can impact global weather patterns.
• Experience in analysing and visualising large datasets would be an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understands the importance of team-work.
• Customer-focused.

Who Should Apply: MetDesk is kind of the de facto energy company in Europe. They also work out of an office in the US, but the main company is in the UK, and you have to have the right to work in the UK to work there. This company is not a trading company, but instead they provide energy weather information to trading companies about how the weather will impact energy.

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Other Energy Jobs (Find them on the Job Board)

Internship - Offshore wind wake benchmarking - Haskoning - Netherlands - This is a good job for someone in Europe who would like to work in energy with a focus on renewables.

Wildfire/Hydro

United States

Title: Meteorological Data & Forecast Specialist

Company: California Dept. of Water Resources

Location: Sacramento, CA

Work Location: Hybrid

Number of Openings: 2

Pay: $6,955 - $8,706/month

Closing Date: 11/9/2026

Degree: Degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a related field.

Experience: 2-4+

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of California’s meteorology, weather patterns, climatology, and hydrometeorology.
• Experience analyzing and performing statistical analysis of meteorological and climatological data, numerical weather prediction guidance, radar and satellite products, and precipitation and temperature forecasts is highly desirable.
• Experience with atmospheric river analysis, extreme precipitation, ensemble forecasting, hydrometeorological data collection – including Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) and validation, forecast verification, or research-to-operations activities is preferred.
• The incumbent should have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to analyze complex information and present results through technical summaries, briefings, maps, charts, and graphics.
• Experience collaborating with research institutions, universities, or government agencies is desirable.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams is expected.
• Experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python, R, or MATLAB is preferred. Familiarity with Linux, GIS, automated data-processing workflows, and meteorological visualization tools is desired.

Who Should Apply: Another good job with the state of California working for their flood and hydrology group. This would be a great job if you are already based in California or want to be able to snow ski and hit the beach in the same day, if you enjoy the outdoors but also need a big city nearby and love a state with really hard-to-predict microclimates, no matter what the model data says. In a region where flooding and drought can occur every other year or the same year, where it can be flooding with wildfires, then you should apply.

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Risk Management / Insurance

United States

Title: Hurricane Model Developer

Company: Aon

Location: Chicago or Boston

Work Location: Hybrid

Pay: $100,000 to $130,000/year

Degree: Master's degree or PhD in Meteorology, Climate Science, Oceanography, Earth Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

Experience: 2-4+

Qualifications:

• Strong quantitative analysis and problem-solving skills with experience applying statistical or computational methods to complex datasets.
• Experience developing, analyzing, or enhancing catastrophe models, risk models, or related scientific modeling solutions.
• Experience programming in Python, MATLAB, R, or similar analytical languages, including developing tools, workflows, or automated analytical solutions.
• Experience collecting, processing, manipulating, and analyzing large datasets to generate actionable insights.
• Experience conducting scientific research and translating findings into practical modeling applications.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly through reports, documentation, presentations, and stakeholder discussions.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across teams while managing priorities and delivering high-quality work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with hurricane, tropical cyclone, or weather-related catastrophe modeling.
• Experience using SQL to query, manage, and analyze relational datasets.
• Experience with ArcGIS, QGIS, or other geospatial analysis tools.
• Knowledge of climate change impacts on natural catastrophe risk.
• Experience supporting model validation, data quality, or model governance activities.

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Who Should Apply: Aon hires a lot of meteorologists with advanced degrees to build models for extreme weather, including catastrophe models. You can work with them in locations worldwide. Many of the jobs like this one are fascinating, as you are on the forefront of creating new models they are going to use to run their primary insurance business. So if you want to work in an industry where your work matters, and is used by other people, then this could be that opportunity.

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Marine

International

Title: Voyage Analyst

Company: Sofar Ocean

Location: Europe/India

Work Location: Remote

Pay: Not Given

Degree: Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Physics, or a related field.

Experience: 3+ years of experience

Qualifications:‍

• Expertise in charter party performance clauses, speed and consumption analysis, and good weather definitions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to data quality, assumptions, and detail.
• Interest in learning and using tools such as LLMs, Retool, Snowflake, and Notion to investigate data and improve reporting workflows.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented approach: you take ownership, ask thoughtful questions, and adapt as priorities evolve.
• Ability to collaborate across cultures and time zones, with teammates in the US, Denmark, Singapore, and India.

Who Should Apply: This is a great opportunity if you've already been working as a route analyst and are looking to move into a new role. This role is remote in India or Europe, and requires overlap with the US Pacific hours. This company

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Aviation

United States

Title: Launch Meteorologist

Company: SpaceX

Location: Starbase, TX (near Brownsville, TX)

Work Location: Onsite

Pay: Not Given

Degree: Bachelor's inMeteorology or Atmospheric Science

Experience:

Qualifications:

• Experience presenting impact-based decision support forecasting to executive leadership and/or key decision-makers in operations
• Experience as a Launch Weather Officer, range weather officer, or equivalent for orbital launch, aviation, or marine weather operation
• Demonstrated experience communicating high-risk weather impacts on operations to executive leadership and key decision-makers; includes hurricanes, severe weather, launch forecasting, flooding, and other Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS) functions
• Combination of training and experience that has led to qualification as a forecaster by the National Weather Service or a U.S. or NATO military authority
• Familiarity with NASA Lightning Launch Commit Criteria (NASA-STD-4010) and 14 CFR Part 450 weather constraints
• Experience with weather sensors (mesonets, electric-field mills, radar, weather balloons) from requirements through procurement, installation, calibration, and operational use
• Experience conducting model and forecast verification and familiarity with probabilistic modeling techniques
• Familiarity with Linux, Python, JavaScript, InfluxDB, Grafana, or similar tools, and the ability to integrate gridded model data into weather communication tools
• AI-assisted programming or scripting associated with weather-sensor integration and automation
• Marine forecasting experience, including routing or recovery decision support
• Background coordinating multi-vehicle or multi-site operations (orbital launch, RTLS, droneship or marine recovery, crew/cargo re-entry, or test flights) in a high-tempo environment
• Experience writing procedures, training, and briefings for operators and external stakeholders; comfort owning documentation and process reliability
• Experience building training or qualification programs for operations personnel
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Strong communication, emotional intelligence, and patience when negotiating difficult outcomes with partners under schedule pressure
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills with comfort changing roles rapidly in a high-paced environment
• Development and maintenance of training, qualification, and onboarding programs for Launch Weather Officers and meteorology support, including off-nominal, severe-weather, and hurricane operations

Who Should Apply: This is a very cool job for a very specific type of person with prior launch experience, which rules out most meteorologists. This may be some one that has worked at Cape Canaveral or Patrick AFB, either a civilian working at a military base or meteorologist that was in the military.

Location: Brownsville is near the Mexico border, and this job is right on the beach with the Gulf of Mexico.

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Operational Meteorology

United States

Title: Operational Meteorologist

Company: Atmo.ai

Work Location: San Francisco, CA

‍Pay: Not Given

Degree: Bachelor’s in Meteorology or Atmospheric Science (or equivalent). Master’s is a plus.

Experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience

Key Skills or Knowledge: (You should be able to do these duties)

• Ability to work weekends and holidays during active operations.
• Ability to travel to field sites (passport; willingness to work in the field, including at elevation and in winter conditions).
• Clear written and spoken English.
• Comfort with forecasts, soundings, and satellite and radar. You will learn Atmo systems on the job.
• Ability to turn operational use into written UI and product requirements.
• Nice to have
• Field-campaign experience.
• Some coding for pulling forecasts, comparing to observations, and making simple plots.
• Experience briefing non-meteorologists under time pressure.
• Experience writing product or display requirements for forecast or operations tools.
• Who Should Apply:
• This is a great job with a low entry point and qualifications. The job is in San Francisco, but because this is a startup, I expect they can pay well, enough for you to live there. You can work remotely from Boulder instead in case you don't want to move to California.

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AI / Data Science / Modeling

United States

Title: Senior Wind Energy Analyst

Company: DNV

Location: US Locations. Also locations in Toronto and Montreal; no sponsorship.

Work Location: Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office.

Pay: $90,000 - $170,000

Degree: Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Renewable Energy, Environmental Science, or a related technical field

Experience: 5+ years

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with wind energy assessment methodologies and uncertainty analysis
• Experience performing wind resource assessments or energy production assessments.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting wind industry datasets including SCADA, meteorological towers, LiDAR, or operational performance data.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to improve operational efficiency, innovation, customer outcomes, and business performance.
• Experience with industry software such as WindFarmer, Openwind, GIS tools, CFD applications, or similar platforms.
• Experience with automation, scripting, machine learning, or data visualization tools.

Who Should Apply: DNV operates and hires meteorologists on a global scale. They are one of the leading companies in siting renewable energy projects, and this is what the job is and can be located in any of their North American offices. However, you must have the right to work in the US or Canada; they will not sponsor you. The job would be great for anyone with experience in the energy industry or something similar with 5 or more years who wants to work for a company where advancement is possible. The job is hybrid week to week.

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Air Quality

United States

Title: Junior Air Sensors Scientist

Company: ERG

Location: Raleigh, NC

Work Location: Onsite

Pay: $55,000 - $100,000/year

Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Environmental Studies, Data Science, or a related scientific or engineering discipline

Experience: 0-5+ years

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated interest in air quality monitoring, environmental monitoring, environmental sensors, aerosol science, atmospheric science, particulate matter, exposure assessment, or environmental data analysis
• Ability to work on-site in laboratory, office, and field environments
• Experience using R, Python, MATLAB, or Microsoft Excel for scientific or environmental data analysis is preferred
• Familiarity with EPA monitoring programs, environmental measurement methods, QAPPs, or SOPs is a plus
• Experience preparing technical reports, scientific summaries, presentations, tables, or figures is a plus
• Ability to follow established procedures and maintain accurate technical records

Who Should Apply: Anyone with an interest in air quality as a meteorologist. This company is willing to hire you right out of university or with experience and train you to do what they do. The salary and benefits are pretty strong, especially if you are starting at an entry level.

Location: Raleigh is at the center of many major universities, including UNC and Wake Forest, North Carolina State, and Duke. You would be only 2 hours' drive to the beach and about 4 hours to the mountains, including the highest points in Virginia, Mount Rogers, which has wild ponies, and the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains and highest point in North Carolina, Mount Mitchell. Also, if this is not cool enough, Transylvania County near Asheville has over 250 waterfalls.

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Instrumentation / Remote Sensing

United States

Title: Extension Specialist and Director of the UGA Weather Network

Company: University of Georgia

Location: Athens, GA

Work Location: Onsite

Degree: M.S. in meteorology, atmospheric science, agricultural engineering, climate science, or a closely related field

Experience: 1-3+ years, including training and background in managing extension programs and agriculture systems.

Qualifications:

• The successful candidate will have a working understanding of the field of climate services and the ability to transform data into accessible and actionable tools to aid decision-making processes for agricultural producers and other stakeholders.
• Candidates with a demonstrated record of collaborative applied research/Extension/instruction/administrative programming, extramural grant success, and program development that integrates applied science and Extension are preferred. Familiarity with managing weather networks and data acquisition of weather and climate observations and an understanding of climatology and the ability to use climate products (NOAA Climate Prediction Center, IPCC, Mesonet, etc.) to identify agricultural impacts is highly desirable. Candidates should be interested in collaborating with research faculty to jointly develop and deploy climate-related decision support tools for producers and other stakeholders.

Who Should Apply: You may not be familiar with extension, but essentially this is something you find in many states across the US and is usually based at the land-grant university. Extension works with local farmers across the state to help them succeed by providing education about what crops to grow, prices at the market, how to get products to the market, and who to sell to. They may help with weather issues, and this could be where the mesnet fits in. This would be a very interesting job as long as you have a Master's degree.

Location: Athens is a cool, college town sort of in northeastern Georgia, east of Atlanta. Not far to the north, you have the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains, with river rafting, camping and hiking, and in the winter, downhill skiing. Yes, they get snow, sometimes. Not too far from the beach, mild weather, and if you enjoy sports, a lot of sporting events in this part of the US. Plus, if you want to work around other meteorologists and climate professionals, working at a university is ideal.

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Climate / Emergency Management / Non-Forecasting

United States

Title: Mitigation Research Specialist

Company: State of California - Office of the Governor

Location: Sacramento, CA

Work Location: Hybrid

Pay: $6,955 - $8,706

Closing Date: 11/4/2026

Degree: Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, Emergency Management, Geography, Public Administration, Environmental Science, Engineering, Natural Resources, or a closely related field.

Experience: Experience

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of computer operating systems, hardware, and software, including but not limited:
• Knowledge/understanding of data concepts and ability to develop queries for statistical analyses; understanding of data limitations and research methods.
• Geospatial Software: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS, and other ESRI platforms for mapping, spatial analysis, and geodatabase management.
• Data Analysis Tools: Python (including Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib libraries), R, and SQL for data processing, modeling, and statistical analysis.
• Visualization Platforms: Tableau, Power BI, and ArcGIS Dashboards for creating interactive dashboards, heatmaps, and data visualizations to aid in decision-making.
• Hazard and Emergency-Specific Software: FEMA’s HAZUS, CALAdapt, and flood risk modeling tools to assess impacts, model secondary hazards, and evaluate progress.
• Remote Sensing and Imagery Tools: Satellite imagery processing via Google Earth Engine or other platforms for burn area mapping, vegetation analysis, and change detection.

Who Should Apply: If you have an emergency management background and want to live and work in California, where there are many weather-related emergencies, you should apply. You should have the type of programming skills and be knowledgeable about wild fires and the urban-wildland interface, along with understanding post-fire debris flows and rainfall. This could be a really interesting job and good for the right person.

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