AI research engineer for weather forecasting F/M

As a public expert in weather and climate, Météo-France is here to help keep you safe every day and assist you in making the best decisions in a changing climate. With dangerous weather events becoming even more intense and frequent due to climate change, our mission to keep you safe is crucial. We mobilize our expertise and scientific and technological excellence to enable you to anticipate and adapt to challenging weather and climate events.

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The position will be at CRNM in Toulouse, in the GMAP group. (GMAP is responsible for operational models at Météo-France), with collaborations on this theme with the ECMWF and with others ACCORD country.

The DESR brings together the research entities of Météo-France (mainly CNRM, SAFIRE and LACy), the Ecole Nationale de la Météorologie and the shared administrative and IT support services (PGA).

The CNRM is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 3589) under the joint supervision of Météo-France and CNRS. The CNRM conducts research in the field of meteorology and climate, from the observation, understanding and modelling of processes to the development of weather forecasting and climate projection systems that can be transferred to Météo-France's operational services.

The GMAP (Groupe de Modélisation et d'Assimilation pour la Prévision - Modelling and Assimilation Group for Forecasting), based in Toulouse, is one of the CNRM's 6 research groups or centres. Its mission is to maintain and develop Météo-France's operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems and to conduct research in preparation for future versions.

Why join us?

Embark on a stimulating adventure that serves everyone, alongside men and women who are committed every day to tackling the challenges posed to our society by weather and climate.

And enjoy the following benefits: flexible working hours, RTT (reduced working time), teleworking, staff restaurant or meal vouchers, 75% contribution to public transport costs, contribution to mutual insurance, sports and cultural associations depending on the site concerned (climbing, gym, pottery, theater, etc.).
Other benefits await you, come and discover them!

The aim of the position is to develop and evaluate a short-range regional weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence for the Indian Ocean region. The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:

    • Adapt the Météo-France AI model, currently being developed for forecasting over Western Europe, to run over the Indian Ocean region;

    • evaluate the model’s performance and compare it, in particular, with that of the Arome-Indien operational model;

    • implement and evaluate fine-tuning strategies to adapt the AI model to the specific challenges of the French overseas territories : it is expected to propose innovative solutions to significantly improve the prediction of extreme events, including tropical cyclones;

    • work as part of a team: the position is based at the CNRM in Toulouse but requires regular interaction via videoconference with a research team in La Réunion island.

Additional information:

Position open to people with disabilities,

Position in office hours

Remote work (1 day per week)

An engineering degree is desired as well as confirmed experience in a similar position.

To fill this position, you will mobilize the following skills :

• Know-How

- A  master degree in atmospheric sciences, statistics or artificial intelligence ; a PhD is an advantage

- A strong background in deep learning algorithms, in particular graphe networks

- Experience in geophysical problems would be appreciated, at least a strong interest for applied research in atmospheric physics is highly recommended

- Expert proficiency with Python programming and AI librairies (PyTorch)

- Some experience with the Anemoi software environment is highly desirable

- Experience with processing large volumes of data (distributed dataloading and computing frameworks)

- Experience of working in a Linux-based environment

• Social Skills

- Ability to carry out scientific work, and to communicate in writing and orally in English

- A scientific curiosity, independance and rigourr

Application deadline: 11/30/2026

Emails from people to contact for any further information : laure.raynaud@meteo.fr , thomas.rieutord@meteo.fr