Aon is looking for a Sr Scientist - Storm Surge & Tropical Cyclone Hazard Model Developer (Impact Forecasting), hybrid work style in Chicago, Il.!

This role will be part of Wind modeling team within Impact Forecasting focused on development of hazard solutions for primarily storm surge related to tropical cyclones. The role responsibilities include, but are not limited to building historical and stochastic event sets, modeling of water depths, coastal flooding footprints, implementation of flood defenses and levees into models, estimating hurricane parameters, analyzing tropical cyclone related data, implementing hazard into modeling platform ELEMENTS, incorporating of climate change research into storm surge modeling etc. The position is full-time and is located in Chicago, IL. Virtual position is possible in some case.

Storm surge hazard (development of stochastic event set, storm surge footprints, hurricane parameter estimates etc.)

Experiments in and validation of SLOSH results, experiments in and validation of Delft3D/SFINCS results

Implementation of hazard into ELEMENTS platform, catastrophe model testing and validation

Applied research in various topics related to storm surge, tropical cyclone and loss impact

• M. S. or PhD degree in Meteorology, Climate Science, Oceanography, or similar Earth Science field (required)
• Fluent in programming in some of the following - MATLAB, R, Python (required)
• Fluent in programming in some of the following - SLOSH, Delft3D/SFINCS, ADCIRC (required)
• Problem solving skills, collaborative demeanor, willingness to learn (required)
• Experience with MS products - Word, Powerpoint, Excel (required)
• Writing and presentation skills (required)
• Experience with catastrophe modeling (preferred)
• User level experience with SQL, ArcGIS, QGIS is useful (preferred)

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Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

The salary range for this position is $95,000 to $110,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon's discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.