Software Engineering for Next Generation Regional Modelling Industrial Placement 2027
A 12-month undergraduate industrial placement at the Met Office in Exeter, developing and testing regional LFRic infrastructure for next-generation weather and climate models. Day-to-day involves scientific software development, numerical methods, and high-performance computing alongside Met Office scientists and engineers.
Compensation
£27.2K / yr
Location
Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB
Work setup
Hybrid
Seniority
Intern
Employment
Contract
Experience
5+ years
Category
Software engineering
Posted
Must have
Undergraduate eligible for a 12-month Year in Industry industrial placement starting July 2027
Interest in applying software engineering to scientific or numerical problems, particularly large-scale simulation or modelling
Experience programming in at least one language via coursework, personal projects, employment or other practical experience
Ability to work collaboratively in a technical team, discussing ideas and responding constructively to feedback
Good written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical ideas to colleagues with different expertise
Ability to organise and manage own work, seek guidance when appropriate, and make progress on a defined technical project
Eligible to live and work in the UK
Security clearance without caveats: resided in the UK at least 3 of the last 5 years, 2 immediately preceding application
Full description
Job grade: Industrial
Contract type: Fixed term
Length of employment: 12 months
Type of role: Science
Working pattern: Full-time
Number of jobs available: 1
Location
Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB
About the job
Job summary
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2027.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2027, 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 Software Engineering for Next Generation Regional Modelling Industrial Placement to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Software Engineering for Next Generation Regional Modelling Industrial Placement, 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’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
We’re experts 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’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Job description
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.
Software Engineering for Next Generation Regional Modelling Industrial Placement 2027 at Met Office (Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB) — aijobsearch
The Met Office is developing the next generation of its weather and climate modelling capability. LFRic provides software infrastructure for next-generation models and is designed to support efficient execution on emerging supercomputing architectures.
Regional modelling is an important part of this transition, requiring infrastructure capable of taking information from global LFRic simulations and using it to initialise and drive high-resolution limited-area models. The regional LFRic work already covers several tasks, including adapting data to different levels of detail, representing regional areas and terrain, converting weather information and creating the files needed to start and run a regional forecast. Some of this software is already in place, while other parts still need to be developed or brought together.
Through the project, you will develop practical skills in numerical methods, scientific software development and high-performance computing.
Your key duties:
Contribute to the development and testing of regional LFRic modelling infrastructure.
Work alongside Met Office scientists and software engineers to deliver a self-contained project within our regional modelling infrastructure.
Person specification
Lead Criteria: An interest in applying software engineering to scientific or numerical problems, particularly large-scale simulation or modelling.
Experience of programming in at least one language, gained through university coursework, personal projects, employment or other practical experience (Expert by Nature).
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a technical team, including discussing ideas, asking questions and responding constructively to feedback (Better Together).
Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical ideas clearly to colleagues with different areas of expertise.
Ability to organise and manage your own work, seek guidance when appropriate, and make progress on a defined technical project.
The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £27,170, Met Office contributes £7,871 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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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, 2024, 2025 and 2026 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 2028, 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.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
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 8th November 2026. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has passed.
Interviews will be completed by 16th December 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 careers@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 without caveats and/or restrictions for this role, 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.
If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: careers@metoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: info@csc.gov.uk
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Security
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Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the
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Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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