The Bureau's Research Program sits in the Science and Innovation Group and is the main driver of science-based innovation in the Bureau of Meteorology. In supporting the Bureau to deliver impactful weather, climate, ocean and water information services, the research contributes to advancing meteorological and earth system sciences in Australia and globally. Research activities cover the broad fields of weather, climate, oceanography, earth systems modelling, data set development, process studies, and application development.This position is in the Radar Science team of the Observations and Data Science Section of the Bureau's Research Program. The duties of the occupant are:To conduct research on the development and transition to operations of innovative radar quality control (QC) and nowcasting tools, with a focus on bushfire applications using Doppler and dual-polarization radar and satellite observations and advanced machine learning techniques.To undertake verification of the developed techniques.To analyse radar and ancillary observations collected as part of national and international field experiments to better understand bushfire processes.To establish enduring relationships with international stakeholders involved in bushfire research and forecasting, as well as external partners in fire management, including fire agencies, state emergency services, and related organizations.