Senior Water Resources Scientist
Lynker Corporation•Boulder, CO
•$100,000 - $125,000
About The Position
Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in weather and climate science. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for innovation, Lynker leverages cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise to support the creation and delivery of improved operational weather forecasts. As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Water Resources Scientist to join our growing team.
Requirements
- PhD in watershed science, hydrology, water resources, environmental or earth science, or a closely related field; or a Master's plus substantial relevant experience (roughly 6+ years).
- Demonstrated experience building, calibrating, running, and evaluating hydrologic models.
- Strong scientific coding skills in R, with reproducible-research practices (e.g., Git, R Markdown, or Quarto).
- Strong scientific writing ability, evidenced by a record of technical writing or peer-reviewed publication.
- Ability to work independently and move fluidly across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with hydrography datasets and surface-water network representation.
- Experience with ecological flows and streamflow or performance-oriented flow modeling.
- A strong peer-reviewed publication record.
- A track record of successful proposal development and funding wins.
- Familiarity with additional languages such as Python or JavaScript, and with geospatial and remote-sensing tooling.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development, evaluation, and improvement of hydrography datasets and surface-water network representations.
- Build, calibrate, run, and evaluate hydrologic models, with emphasis on ecological flows and streamflow behavior.
- Help design and refine the rules and analytical logic that translate data and model output into clear, defensible results.
- Develop well-documented, reproducible scientific analysis, primarily in R.
- Write clearly and rigorously for technical reports, publications, and proposals.
- Set technical direction across workstreams, review and strengthen colleagues' work, and mentor team members as a senior collaborator across the Science, Modeling, and Platform teams.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
- Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
- Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
- Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
- Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
- Employee Referral Program
- Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
- Personalized career growth plans for every employee
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
