Research Associate/Research Scientist

TACC
Austin, TX, USA

JOB DESCRIPTION

This Research Associate/Research Scientist position at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) of The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) will support and collaborate with DoD computational scientists as part of TACC's participation in the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program Office (HPCMPO) Programming Environment & Training (PET) Program. This position will apply expertise and experience in high performance computing (HPC) to work with DoD climate, weather, and ocean modeling (CWO) researchers to enhance the capabilities of their CWO applications on HPC systems. Specific collaborative development and support activities depend on the needs of the local researchers and the expertise of the candidate, but may include:

• porting of codes to HPC systems and optimization of codes for these systems
• implementation of new/improved scalable algorithms for CWO codes
• integration of new academic computing technologies, such as
• programming tools
• scientific visualization techniques
• data-intensive computing and data assimilation techniques
• portal interfaces
• Grid computing tools
• training in new HPC techniques and technologies
• collaborative research and development activities in CWO topics
• co-authoring papers with DoD researchers
• giving technical presentations on techniques for CWO and results of CWO projects

This position is based at the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) in Omaha, Nebraska. The selected candidate will be a full member of the TACC staff and will travel to TACC several times per year to interact with fellow staff, give seminars, share expertise, attend training, etc. The position will also require some traveling to professional conferences related to both HPC and CWO. The majority of time is spent at AFWA, with regular interaction with TACC staff by e-mail, telephone, and videoconference.

The candidate will be appointed to the UT title of Research Associate or Research Scientist based on qualifications.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

The selected candidate must have the following minimum qualifications:

• masters degree in mathematics, applied mathematics, science, or engineering;
• proficiency with a programming languages such as Fortran or C for scientific applications on Unix systems;
• education and/or professional experience in climate or ocean modeling, atmospheric physics, weather simulation, or a related field of computational science such as CFD OR education and/or professional experience in computer science/scientific computing;
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a DoD 'Secret' security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The following qualifications are strongly desired:

• a doctoral degree in mathematics, applied mathematics, science, or engineering, especially in a field related to CWO modeling or in computer science;
• two or more years of post-doctorate experience in an research environment;
• experience in developing MPI applications for parallel computing systems;
• experience with shared-memory parallel computing systems using OpenMP;
• expertise in numerical linear algebra and numerical analysis;
• history of publishing results (more than three publications) in computational science or computer science.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS

The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and actively seeks women and minority applicants for this position. This position is security sensitive; conviction verification conducted on applicant selected.

Application requirements: Go to http://utdirect.utexas.edu/pnjobs/ for complete job description and follow instructions to apply for job number 04-10-21-01-0702 using your on-line resume. For additional information about this position, please contact Dr. Jay Boisseau at boisseau@tacc.utexas.edu.