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The Arctic is both the next great economic frontier and one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Rich in resources and strategically vital, yet cold, dark for months, and fundamentally inhospitable to humans. This paradox - an explosion of activity in a place that resists human presence - is why we exist.\nOur solution is autonomy.\nWe build systems that operate reliably and intelligently in the Arctic, so that humans don't always have to.\nFounded by record-holding pioneers with decades of polar experience, we take calculated risks on hard problems that matter. If you want to build and deploy ground-up technology with real-world impact, at an inflection point in history that won’t reappear, we’d like to talk.\nTHE ROLE\nARD is building an intelligence layer for the Arctic that turns a flood of observations into understanding, foresight, and action. Our approach is deliberately grounded in modern science. We develop and run physics models, collect empirical data in the field and laboratory and then use that knowledge to extract meaning from our diverse datasets. We avoid black boxes - the products we ship trace back to the physics and data that produced it.\nThis role will deliver cutting edge cryospheric science, primarily focusing on sea ice. You will be responsible for developing defensible scientific outputs and ensuring that our results trace back to the data, models and pipelines that created it. With science team colleagues, you will generate hypotheses and own them all the way to conclusions and embedding them into products. As an early member, you will be a pivotal part of the ARD science team.\n* Please note: this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship *\nCORE RESPONSIBILITIES\nGenerate and own science investigations end-to-end. Some of these will feed the ARD product line and others will be curiosity-driven or aiming to support the wider Arctic science community.\n\nBecome accountable for defensibility of science outputs, ensuring every result maps back to the data, model and logic that produced it, and that error and uncertainty is honestly reported.\n\nOwn validation and ground-truthing campaigns that measure the real-world performance of our products.\n\nDevelop and/or run physics models, including large ones, such as regional climate, ocean or surface-mass balance models, and analyse their outputs.\n\nPut physical constraints on machine-learning models and ensure models are consistent with real physics.\n\nWork with the Science Lead and Head of Software so your work lands in production, not just in papers.\n\nREQUIREMENTS\nWe are looking for a scientist motivated by real-world impact. The right applicant will be rigorous and able to communicate the chain of evidence that led to a claim, and honestly report associated error and uncertainty. We are seeking a scientist with deep knowledge of cryospheric science, especially sea ice, but also value expertise in terrestrial glaciology, oceanography, and atmospheric science. Experience with remote-sensing image analysis, especially SAR, is desirable.\nEssential\nA PhD (or equivalent research track record) in cryospheric science, with a focus on sea ice.\n\nA track record of publication or equivalent industry experience that demonstrates scientific rigour.\n\nExperience developing and applying physics models.\n\nFluency with uncertainty quantification and with validating models against real measurements.\n\nGeospatial data handling.\n\nStrong scientific software engineering: production-quality Python, reproducibility, version control, testing. Your models are meant to ship.\n\nSeniority to own a workstream and be delegated to: able to set direction, make sound calls under ambiguity independently, and represent the science externally. Comfortable being the first, and helping build the team.\n\nRecent engagement in the sea ice or wider cryosphere science community\n\nDesirable\nExperience doing field work to validate scientific model outputs\n\nExperience working with teams of hardware and/or software engineers to ship products people use\n\nExperience running and evaluating large climate models or equivalent modelling tasks in other domains, especially forecast models.\n\nWHAT WE VALUE\nYou treat provenance and uncertainty as first-class, not documentation added at the end.\n\nYou've shipped something real that others depend on: an open-source tool, an operational model, a product.\n\nWhy ARD\nThe mission - The Arctic is the fastest-changing region on Earth. 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You'll be instrumental in shaping the team that follows.\nOpen by design - A free Arctic data commons alongside paid services - your work reaches the whole field, not a walled garden.\nWHAT WE OFFER\nCompetitive compensation\n\nPrivate Health Insurance from Day 1\n\nDental & Vision\n\nEquity - meaningful options as an early employee at an early-stage company\n\nReal field exposure - travel to Arctic sites when needed\n\nMission-driven culture - focus on impact, not hours logged\n\nSmall team, real ownership - what you build matters and ships\n\nARD is an equal opportunities employer. We hire on merit, based on skills, experience and potential, and welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 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