2026 - Week 9
One thing I've realized from talking to many people over the last several months is that many meteorologists have struggled just as much as I did trying to make sense of the industry, where the jobs might be located, and how to write a resume or cover letter. Also, there are a lot of meteorologists in all types of roles across different industries and worldwide, and I only know like 1% of these people.
This is why I created My Met Job.
Early in my career, I was really into infographics, front-end web design, and User Experience (UX), and I went as far as joining a UX book club, which I used to mingle with tech people and to see the insides of all kinds of tech companies, including Mapbox in San Francisco and Google in Seattle. It was during this time that I became very interested in how the meteorology industry operates compared to other industries, how many jobs are available, how many people are applying, and how many people are being added every year. This was the initial back-of-the-napkin idea for My Met Job. That was from 2010 to 2014, and over a decade ago.
When I think about what has changed over the course of my career, there have been many things, but one of the most constant is the lack of help for meteorologists compared to other industries. While there are reasons for a pay and benefit discrepancy between industries and now a political one, there isn't really a reason why there can't be a central place or meteorology mentorship, coaching, and training to learn the skills they definitely don't teach you in college.
Hard to see where you're going when fog clouds your view.
The Jobs
US-Based
Industry: Energy
Title: GIS / Siting Strategy & Analysis Intern
Company: Savion Energy
Work Location: Kansas City, MO, but check on remote
Pay: It is paid, but you will have to ask how much.
Benefits: See listing.
Degree: Current enrollment in a program with a focus in Business, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Renewables, or other applicable area like Meteorology.
Years of Experience: At least 2 years of undergraduate studies, with strong academic success.
What You Will Do:
- Assist with the integration of multiple sources of data utilizing GIS tools to develop maps and analysis.
- Assist with quality assurance of Market Strategy & Analysis products for internal clients.
- Assist with mapping and cartography to produce analysis among our internal teams.
Who Should Apply?
All college students who have more of a GIS background, want to work in GIS, or want to work in renewable energy. You may not want any of this, but if you are interested in working in energy, either with a utility or energy trading, this type of internship could be very helpful.
About the Location
Kansas City may not get a lot of love, but there are plenty of things you can do depending on what you like. Despite what you know about Kansas, being flat and all, KC has hills and caves. There are places to go out at night, plenty of food options, concerts, festivals, a racetrack, pro and minor league baseball, and storm chasing. It's affordable to live there, and they are a short flight from major cities like Chicago and Denver. I lived in and went to college nearby.
Industry: Energy
Title: Meteorologist
Company: CPS Energy
Work Location: San Antonio, Texas
Pay: It is paid, but you will have to ask how much.
Benefits: See listing.
Degree:
- Working toward a degree in Atmospheric Sciences or Meteorology.
- Will consider a candidate working toward a degree related to Analytics, but an interest in meteorology is required.
- GPS: 2.5 minimum.
What You Will Do:
- Work closely with the Chief Meteorologist to disseminate weather models and create forecasts.
- Learn how to usethe Baron Lynx Weather System.
- Possibly pull specific weather graphics for various reports/presentations.
- Gather and research historical data as requested by other departments.
- Collaborate with the Market Operations team to create a database using historical and forecast information and determine forecast accuracy.
- Document forecast processes, model performance, and post-event verification for continuous improvement.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Who Should Apply?
All college students who are in Texas already or can move there in the summer and want to work in energy.
About the Location
San Antonio is in a great location for all kinds of things. While it has the River Walk, which is kind of dated in my opinion, you can find many options for entertainment in San Antonio and Austin. If you like the outdoors, first, as long as there isn't a flood, floating or just wading in the natural spring rivers in the area will cool you off. There is my favorite waterpark, Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, several caves to see, hiking, lakes for water skiing, or just chilling out, hunting, fishing, and it's not too far from the beach in South Padre. Similar to the above internship in KC, there is good BBQ in Texas.
Industry: Risk Management
Title: Chief of Meteorology and Weather Risk
Company: Everbridge
Work Location: Remote
Pay: $94,000 to $126,000 / year
Benefits: See listing.
Posted: 2 Weeks Ago
Degree: PhD preferred, but Master's or possibly a Bachelor's would work based on experience.
Years of Experience: 8+ years in meteorology forecasting, environmental risk management, or hazard intelligence. 6+ with a Master's and 3+ with a PhD.
Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex meteorological data into actionable risk intelligence for executive-level stakeholders.
- Experience working with or advising critical infrastructure sectors and enterprise resilience teams.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with a track record of public speaking, media engagement, or academic publication.
- Deep understanding of weather modeling platforms, GIS-based hazard mapping, and real-time alerting tools.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong grasp of the evolving weather-tech landscape.
Who Should Apply?
For those of you who are in a mid to senior role and who want to work in risk management or the insurance industry, this is the job for you. Especially because it has the number one best benefit that I hear everyone wants, and this it is remote.
The role, however, is not for everyone, as there is an aspect, as the top meteorologist, that you have to develop and continually grow the meteorology program. This is the reason they ask for an entrepreneurial mindset. From my experience, this last part definitely doesn't define all meteorologists or even most, so consider that as a part. However, if you are interested in this type of work and you have the YOE, then apply. Good luck!.
About the Location - It's remote, so it can be whatever you want it to be.
Industry: Energy & Utilities
Title: Senior Meteorologist Analyst
Company: PNM Resources
Work Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pay: $94,000 - $161,000
Benefits: See Job Listing
Posted: 3 Weeks Ago
Degree: Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or related Physical Science from a four-year college or university. Master's degree preferred.
Years of Experience: 5 to 7 years of experience supporting electric utilities (renewable energy forecasting, wildfire meteorology, measurement systems, weather analysis, meteorological IT
Skills:
Communication: Be able to share a weather forecast with others effectively. Write technical reports and lead presentations.
Have a working knowledge of statistics and probability, and together with modeling and forecasting, develop products around renewable energy and load forecasts.
Beyond the skills of being a forecaster, you will need to understand wildfire conditions from the setup to behavior during a fire, and post-fire.
You should know how to forecast wildfires, how energy trading works, how to forecast wind and solar power, and how to make long-range predictions.
Who Should Apply?
You should definitely have experience in 1 of the 3 main parts of this job and have a desire to work in the other 2 parts. Interest or experience in wildfire and mountain meteorology, energy load curves, renewable energy such as wind and solar power, and long-range forecasting. In addition to forecasting, you are likely going to need to be able to model the data and create applications to share different information with different people, so communication is also key.
I think this type of job applies to more people than it seems. For me, I have experience in all parts of this job, and so I think it sounds amazing.
About the Location
If you like big cities and city life, then this is not your place. While I'm not as familiar with Albuquerque, I do know that it is not that big and it's sort of isolated. The nearest big city is either Phoenix, AZ, or Denver, CO.
Now, if you like the outdoors, soaking in hot springs, skiing, going on road trips, or seeing new things, then this area will appeal to you. I've spent some time as a kid and an adult in this part of the world, so ask if you have questions.
Industry: Insurance
Title: Research Scientist
Company: Karen Clark & Company
Work Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Pay: $90,000 to $100,000 per year
Benefits: See Job Listing
Posted: 1 Week Ago
Degree: PhD in Atmospheric Science, Geophysical Science, Mathematics, or Physics
Years of Experience: 5+ years
Skills:
- Knowledge and experience in atmospheric processes related to synoptic scale, mesoscale, and convective scale weather systems - Bachelor's level
- Knowledge and experience working with remote sensing data - Bachelor's level
- Knowledge and experience in advanced probability and statistical methods, as well as machine learning - Master's to PhD level
- Programming experience in a widely used language like Python - Bachelor's level
- Ability to travel within the US or internationally with little advance notice
- Experience with GIS software (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.) is a plus - Bachelor's level
- Knowledge of the C# programming language is a plus - Bachelor's level
- Experience in catastrophe modeling a plus - Master's to Phd level
Who Should Apply?
I labeled what I think are the types of experience you may gain at different degree levels. There will be people who know more or less, but overall, I think the primary areas where a PhD comes into play are catastrophe modeling, statistical methods, and machine learning. So, if you have the skills in programming, GIS, and forecasting, and are just missing the PhD level, you could apply and see what happens. Worst case, they ignore you. I think this opportunity is for those interested in risk, insurance, and modeling with machine learning and coding. You will need forecasting or meteorology knowledge, but you may be doing much more beyond just the weather.
About the Location
Cold, snowy winters. You must like snow. Boston is a major city with a lot of things to do when you are not working. The ocean is right there, so there are beaches. People surf in the Winter. Then, if you like more rugged terrain, the western parts of the state, and in New Hampshire just to the north, there are mountains with some of the top East Coast ski areas. Lastly, if you enjoy sports, they have some of the best teams in terms of being competitive every year.
Boston - Feb 2026 - A lot of snow and cold
Industry: Air Quality
Title: Senior Air Quality Monitoring Technician
Company: Clark County, Nevada
Work Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Pay: $35 to $52/hour
Benefits: See job posting
Posted: 10 days ago
Deadline: March 17th, 2026
Degree: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in chemistry, physics, mathematics, electronics or a related field
Years of Experience: 3+ years of full-time experience comparable to that of an Air Quality Monitoring Technician
Skills:
- Be able to work in all kinds of conditions, such as a blazing hot inferno in the summer, with very dry air, to heavy rain, and sometimes even cold temperatures.
- Ability to install new air quality measure units based on an understanding of how to site a new station.
- Perform regular and unplanned maintenance, which may include calibrating equipment and fixing what is broken.
- Create reports that you can share through public-facing applications, as well as work with local and Federal officials.
- Train internal staff and external groups on air quality conditions and issues affecting air quality. Also lead presentations to discuss similar concepts.
Who Should Apply?
If air quality is your thing, especially if you either graduated with an environmental science degree or want to work more in the field and around air quality, then this is your type of job. The good thing is that this is just one of many examples of jobs in air quality.
About the Location
Las Vegas, if you've never been, is amazingly hot from about May through October. It's also very dry. Together, it can force you to alter when and for how long you are outside. Similar to really cold places in the Winter, in Las Vegas, you have to manage your time in the Summer. Outside of the heat, there are places to be outdoors, in the lake or in the mountains, and there is surprisingly a ski area right outside of the city on Mount Charleston at around 8,000 feet above sea level. It's a short drive to Los Angeles, a little longer to Phoenix and Salt Lake City, but you also have access to several National Parks. It could be a nice spot for the right person.
Las Vegas can be strange.
Industry: Energy
Title: Power Systems Forecaster Specialist
Company: CAISO
Work Location: Folsom, CA - Hybrid, but within the state of California.
Pay: $42 to $59/hour
Benefits: See listing.
Degree:
- A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training, or experience in Atmospheric Science/Meteorology, Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Economics, Data Science, Engineering, or a closely related field. An advanced degree (MS or PhD) is preferred
Years of Experience: 2+
Skills:
- Experience in short or long-term (load, wind, and/or solar generation) forecasting utilizing neural networks, and model optimization techniques (electric industry experience with utilities or ISO preferred).
- Experience with meteorological forecasting for the Western United States, numerical weather prediction models, analyzing uncertainty within weather conditions, and communicating uncertainty.
- Experience using neural network, analytical, and/or optimization techniques from one of the following disciplines: statistics, probabilities, economics, or decision analysis.
- Experience with data management, data warehousing, data querying, and use of databases (SQL, MS-Access, MS-Excel, etc.) required.
- Experience with the application of statistics, advanced mathematics, simulation, software development, and data modeling to integrate and clean data, recognize patterns, address uncertainty, pose questions, and make discoveries.
- Experience with statistics, economic and demographic impacts on loads, energy management, and generator operation/characteristics desired.
- Knowledge of Balancing Authority operational requirements (i.e., operating reserve requirements) is desired.
- Knowledge of EMS and SCADA data acquisition functions and PI Historian archiving processes is desired.
- Experience with software or hardware systems is a plus.
One or a combination of the following is required:
- Forecasting Weather, Load, and/or Renewable Resources -
- Power systems
- PI Historian real-time systems
- Market operations
- Web services
- Experience in one or more of the following programming languages is desired: SQL/Oracle, R-Studio, Python, VBA, or similar.
Who Should Apply?
Don't get freaked out by how long the skills list is!
While there are a few very specific qualifications they are looking for, a lot of what they are listing, most meteorologists with experience will have. The primary skills you need,
- Forecasting for California, which, if you have this, you know, is way different than most other areas.
- Knowledge of forecasting for clouds, which can be translated to solar power.
- Boundary layer forecasting, especially around mountains, is how you can do wind forecasting.
- Experience using statistics and understanding why and what you are doing.
- Data management.
Now, if you are looking at this list and want to work in energy, My Met Job can teach you what you need to know to position yourself for this job or future energy roles. As a former energy meteorologist and hiring manager in charge of forecasting for the CAISO region, I (Scott) am very knowledgeable about what you need to know. Other locations will also hire, such as ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, NE-ISO, and sometimes outside of the US.
About the Location
Sacramento is at the base of the Sierra Mountains in California, a short drive to San Francisco and the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Sequoia National Parks. There are a lot of options, with the wine country not far away.
No International Jobs This Week
Honorable Mention
Vaisala - Delivery Manager Meteorology (this job has expired; however, I wanted to alert you to this company as they hire, as you can see for a strange-sounding position.
Final Thoughts
The job market comes and goes and comes and goes. I will say it over and over, but in the down times, learn new skills, build your brand, learn how to craft cover letters, and look for jobs in other industries. Even though it's a tight job market for everyone, just see if there are options beyond just forecasting. Practice, Practice, and Practice again.
I've worked feverishly to get this new platform up and going, but it's a huge learning curve, and I, like everyone else, have many things going on that are stealing my time. However, over the course of March, as the seasons change, so will this website. There will likely be ebbs and flows, links will be broken, you will get a 404 page, and some things will go right.
I will be releasing the platform slowly and probably in pieces through March. My own version of madness in March.
Good luck on the job search!
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