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Satellite and Surface Assimilation Industrial Placement 2026
Job Reference metoffice/TP/640/988
Fixed Term Contract
Working Hours:
37
Location (City/Town):
Exeter
Closing Date:
07/12/2025
Profession:
Science
Region / Division:
UK Region
Careers website category:
Job Introduction
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2026.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2026, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.
You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer at the Met Office after you graduate .
We’re looking for a Satellite and Surface Assimilation Industrial Placement 2026 to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Satellite and Surface Assimilation Industrial Placement 2026, 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. As an Industrial Placement, we would expect you to attend the office once a week as a minimum.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
World changing 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. This is who we are.
* We’rea force for good- focusing on our environmental and social impact
* We’reexperts by nature- always learning and developing to do things better
* We live and breathe it- putting our purpose at the heart of decision - making
* We’rebetter together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make usgreater
* We keep evolving- pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Your world of expertise
Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.
You will be working in the Software for Observations and Data Assimilation (SODA) team within the Satellite and Surface Assimilation (SSA) strategic area.
Data assimilation involves combining observational data with a dynamical model to provide an optimal estimate of a system's state. In the context of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), this involves combining ensembles of short-range weather forecasts with the huge quantities of Observation from Earth observation networks. This provides an optimal initialisation for medium range weather forecasts.
The Met Office will soon have in place its next generation data assimilation and observation processing suite. This involves significant upgrades to our current operational system so that we can benefit from cutting‑edge HPC technologies (e.g., exascale computing, GPU acceleration, etc.,). You will contribute to the further development of our observation monitoring and bias correction system. This allows us to select and verify observations from the tens of millions available every day. This is key step in both providing an accurate data assimilation analysis as well as measuring and monitoring its skills .
To contribute towards the development of our next‑generation observation monitoring code according to strict scientific and operational requirements.
Our work is life‑changing, often life‑saving and always life‑enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.
Your package includes:
* Your salary will be £27,170
* Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
* Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands
Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2027, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies. However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
* Software development in scientific languages such as C++, Fortran and Python. (We’re experts by nature)
* An aptitude and interest to use software to solve scientific problems. (We live and breathe it)
* Engagement with others to understand the requirements of your work. (We’re better together; we’re experts by nature)
* Taking conscientious steps to produce readable, maintainable software. (We’re experts by nature; we live and breathe it)
* Communicate knowledge accurately and clearly to a variety of audiences. (We’re better together)
* Proactively developing your skills, leading to beneficial impacts in your work. (We keep evolving)
How to apply
If you share our values, we’d 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. Please also look at the Early Careers Programmes Application Guidance at the bottom of this advert.
Closing date:23:59 7th December 2025. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has past.
Interviews will be completed by February 2026.
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. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment .
How we can help
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at carears@metoffice.gov.uk .
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. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.
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 - please refer to GOV.UK for information. 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.
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