Job Description

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Hiring Unit:

TISED

Course Title:

Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure

Course Code:

SEAD 515

Estimated Number of Positions:

1

Total Hours of Work per Term:

25

This is a supplementary, fractional appointment for 25 hours

Hiring Unit:

Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)

Course Title and Course Number:

Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure - SEAD 515

Estimated Number of Positions:

1

Total Hours of Work per Term:

25

Qualification Requirements:

• Graduate level engineering student
• Solid knowledge of climate data, climate modelling and applications for engineering problems, comfortable with Python and Matlab

Required duties:

• Preprocessing of climate data from global and regional climate models, relevant for the engineering case studies that will be included in the assignments and term project
• Developing matlab/python scripts for extraction of relevant data from climate model output repositories
• Answer students’ questions related to the analysis of climate model outputs and related coding, and/or engineering adaptation tools

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Hourly Salary:

$38.46

Position Start Date:

2026-10-08

Position End Date:

2026-12-22

Deadline to Apply:

2026-10-07

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