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From: Juan R. Perilla (jrperillaj_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2022 - 09:19:01 CDT

Permanent HPC position available at the University of Delaware (UD)
for applicants
with experience in developing/using parallelized scientific software.
Postdoctoral
experience in (TD)DFT, DMFT, quantum Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics,
quantum chemistry
and related fields will give candidates an advantage.

Major Responsibilities:

- Provide computing support for researchers. Using expertise in
computational science
and numerical methods, the Research Software Engineer will analyze
user requirements
and provide technical assistance in optimizing research computational
programs for use
with HPC resources.

- Provide technical assistance porting and running a wide variety of
computational
sciences software.

- Instruct users, including non-experts, on efficient uses of
computing resources and
subroutine libraries.

- Identify appropriate resources needed for projects and request them
through management.

- Identify, evaluate, and recommend new technologies to benefit CAS goals.
Envision and articulate technology trends and their impact on the
department and college's
environment to management and IT. Assess departmental computing needs
and make recommendations.

- Lead special projects, assign tasks, and monitor these tasks through
completion.

- Consult with faculty and staff on computing related matters. Serve
as a technical resource
to assist in equipment and software specifications and assist in the
preparation of budgets for proposals.

- Assist in the procurement of computers and related equipment and
supplies from grants including
bid solicitation and vendor negotiations. Consult on development of
competitive proposals to
secure external funding for projects.

- Keep abreast of emerging technology by reading periodicals,
monitoring pertinent newsgroups
and websites, and interfacing with peers. Promote and integrate new
information technologies into research-related activities.

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

- PhD degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of
education and/or experience.
Graduate degree in Science/Engineering discipline preferred.

- HPC related research experience in any field of natural science.

- Experience with Unix/Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems.

- Knowledge of MPI, OpenMP, POSIX Thread, and general parallel
computing concepts,
networks, networking protocols and data communications.

- Ability to adapt quickly to technology changes in equipment, software,
or operating systems.

- Ability to work well with faculty, students and administrative staff in
a diverse community and communicate technical issues to non-technical
people, through
effective interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.

- Experience conducting small group and one-on-one training sessions.

- Ability to work independently as well as in a team-based environment.

- Project management skills including: ability to prioritize, plan and
organize work,
analyze and solve problems, and make administrative/procedural
decisions and judgments.

- Experience with computer programming and code management.

- Direct experience with version control software (Git, svn) preferred.

- Experience with fundamental computing languages such as Fortran, C,
and commonly used languages such as Python.

- Experience with scientific computing is preferred, whether using commercial
packages (Gaussian, VASP, Orca, NAMD, VMD) or custom scientific
simulation programs.

For any additional questions email jperilla|udel.edu

Apply at this UD careers link:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/498944/research-software-engineer-it-research-cyberinfrastructure__;!!DZ3fjg!8FKRb_P7QtUg1okZd3yQc0co_kjkGBohCqeT48jK5LbhrPMkWDiVlXWV9UGmbVZHxw2q5Zhy9LNl0bypWXMP$