Port Offres d'emploi - Renfrew, ON

Senior Software Engineer (One Year Term)

Date Posted : 04 / 04 / 2025

Req ID : 42377

Faculty / Division : Faculty of Arts & Science

Department : Dept of Physics

Campus : St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number : 00057819

Description : About us :

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Department of Physics is part of a dynamic academic community offering programs and courses to undergraduate and graduate students. We provide a comprehensive set of fundamental tools that can be brought to bear on many problems across a variety of fields. With world-class laboratories and outstanding faculty, the department fosters an in-depth understanding of an extremely diverse array of systems. Situated in the heart of downtown Toronto, our department is affiliated with various departments, institutes and research organizations, providing a broad network for our staff and students.

Your opportunity :

Reporting to the Principle Investigator and under the general guidance of the Chief Administrative Officer, this position will support the Collaborative Platform for CanESM (CP4C) project, which aims to make software related to the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) usable by a broad research community.

The position will involve making CanESM more portable and applicable on a range of computing platforms supported by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC). They will be supervised by Dr. Paul Kushner at the University of Toronto and provide technical support to a team of collaborators across Canada. They will report to Dr. Kushner and the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of CP4C.

Their primary responsibility will be to port CanESM across several DRAC platforms, and then to test, optimize, build analysis tools for, and support scientific research with CanESM.

This responsibility extends to user support, to the development of training materials and to organizing learning opportunities in the form of workshops and hackathons for the CP4Ccommunity. Some travel will be expected to universities partnering in CP4C and to the offices of ECCC.

They will be responsible for communications, outreach, and short-term (monthly) planning concerning the CP4C project.

This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Undertaking and maintaining the port and documentation of CanESM to multiple DRAC platforms, including testing, quality assurance, and documentation.
• Developing a cloud-based running and analysis environment under CP4C to ease cross-platform use of CanESM at different institutions.
• Assisting with the setup and testing of new configurations of CanESM and, to a limited extent, support of new scientific applications of CanESM.
• Organizing and running CP4C workshops and tutorials, with assistance of the broader CP4C community, and documenting project status on theCP4C’s gitlab website and repository.
• Assisting with the transfer of CanESM development under CP4C back to Environment and Climate Change Canada, following well defined software engineering standards.
• Assisting the technical research group activities of Dr. Kushner’s group at the University of Toronto, including model activities extending beyond CanESM.
• Regularly reporting status and progress to Dr. Kushner, the Scientific Steering Committee of the CP4C, and ECCC management.

Essential Qualifications :

Assets (Nonessential) :

To be successful in this role you will be :

Closing Date : 04 / 18 / 2025, 11 : 59PM ET

Employee Group : USW

Appointment Type : Grant - Term

Schedule : Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone :

USW Pay Band 16 $101,539. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $129,851. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation / Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category : Engineering / Technical

Recruiter : Ann Yang

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http : / / uoft.me / UP .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca .

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