Pavia, Lombardy, Italy

Primary duties for this position will be:

The development of open-source tools and software for probabilistic seismic hazard and risk assessment, in collaboration with the IT team

To support the creation of national, regional and global PSHA hazard models, in close collaboration with scientists working in different parts of the world

Active research into new theoretical concepts and computational techniques for the development and application of probabilistic seismic hazard.

Training scientists and students in both the use of the software as well as the scientific aspects of seismic hazard analysis

• Strong knowledge of computational programming for scientific applications. Our software (OpenQuake) is developed in Python and knowledge of the usual scientific stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, numba, ...) is expected.
• Proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, openness to discussion and willingness to collaborate with the other members of the team
• A PhD in one of the following STEM disciplines (or related) is not required by appreciated