Radar R&D - Scientific Software Engineer

We are looking for an exceptional Scientific Software Engineer in Radar R&D to help us make a difference to our planet. As our software engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office.

Your world of expertise: As a world-leading authority in weather and climate services, observations are fundamental to almost everything we do at the Met Office. Our network of weather radars measure the atmosphere, feeding data into high performance numerical models and are used by our forecasting teams to precisely predict the weather. To collect these underpinning observations, we utilise innovative technology that improves the quality and accuracy of our radar systems and helps us to deliver the most accurate forecasts to our customers.

Working with our upgraded Dual Polarisation radars, you will join our Radar Research and Development Team to develop techniques and processes to enhance the data collected through our observing network. The Radar R&D team are responsible for end-to-end upgrades of the UK Weather Radar capability. Your technical skills, combined with your scientific understanding, can help us develop the cutting-edge systems that will deliver reliable and timely weather information to our customers, which include the Flood Forecasting Centre, regional water companies across the UK and the Environment Agency.

Help to design and develop operational data services exploiting cloud computing technologies to efficiently produce radar products. Support Met Office scientists and engineers to develop high-quality code and implementations of their research, lead activities to develop their capabilities. Collaborate with a motivated team to deliver projects that solve real world challenges.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• Experience and knowledge in a mathematical, physical or computational science or related discipline, equivalent to several years working post-graduate.
• Provide proactive scientific and technical insight into the solving of scientific software engineering tasks or problems.
• Experience in designing, writing and understanding Python code, in a cloud-based, Linux environment.
• Apply good Quality Assurance processes, best practice, standards and/or regulations to all aspects of your work to achieve the agreed standard.
• Communicate accurately and concisely with colleagues and/or wider stakeholders to develop trust and credibility, tailoring your method of sharing to a range of audiences.
• Develop your skills proactively, and provide support to others to develop their skills leading to beneficial impacts.

How to apply: If you share our values, we would love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date 15/02/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 23/02/2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

Using AI in your application: We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI.

How we can help: If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us. If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.