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Form of workJob Posting Title:HPC UserSupport Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV* ---Hiring Department:Texas Advanced Computing Center* ---Position Open To:All Applicants* ---Weekly Scheduled Hours:40* ---FLSA Status:Exempt* ---Earliest Start Date:Immediately* ---Position Duration:Expected to Continue* ---Location:PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS* ---Job Details:General NotesThe Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading supercomputing centers in the world, supporting advances in computational research by thousands of researchers and students. TACC staff help researchers and educators use advanced computing, visualization, and storage technologies effectively, and conduct research and development to make these technologies more powerful, more reliable, and easier to use. TACC staff also educate and train the next generation of researchers, empowering them to make discoveries that advance knowledge and change the world.The Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV will join the High Performance Computing (HPC) area.
This individual will contribute to performance optimization, evaluation, and modeling on existing and emerging architectures.The Texas Advanced Computing Center supports individuals from all communities by respecting and encouraging mindfulness of diverse viewpoints and experiences. We strive to promote diversity in our recruiting and retention practices as we believe inclusivity contributes to the development of excellence in all of our endeavors. TACC fosters a culture of innovation, passion, and fun by encouraging staff members to actively collaborate to investigate the latest technologies, team up for charities, and celebrate successes together.
TACC promotes a healthy workplace by helping employees achieve balance between their personal and professional lives in order to increase employee engagement, job satisfaction, and overall well-being.PurposeThe Research Engineering/Scientist Associate IV will join the High Performance Computing (HPC) area to work on building a benchmarking infrastructure and maintain an archive of application performance.Responsibilities* Develop, support, and maintain performance benchmarking infrastructure composed of micro-benchmarks and real-world scientific applications at TACC in collaboration with TACC staff.* Maintain an archive of benchmark application results including provenance data.* Work with HPC staff to identify impact of new technologies on performance.* Work with TACC users to integrate HPC technologies into their research and development activities and to measure the impact of TACC's HPC systems on their research capabilities.* Evaluate performance of new hardware architectures, software technologies, and optimization approaches.* Determine and disseminate best practices for optimal performance on TACC systems.* Conduct research into benchmarking and optimization techniques, tools, and frameworks and publicize the results of these activities through presentations at conferences/workshops, and professional journals.* Pursue and obtain external funding to enhance TACC's HPC activities, expertise, and resources by helping prepare proposals to funding agencies, industrial partners, and vendors in partnership with researchers and faculty at UT Austin or other institutions.Required Qualifications* Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, a closely related field, or the foreign equivalent* Four or more years of experience in scientific programming.* Research experience in large-scale computing including at least three relevant publications.* Experience benchmarking HPC codes from multiple disciplines.* Experience evaluating HPC technologies such as parallel file systems, job schedulers, and software management environments.* Proficiency with common HPC programming languages, tools, and technologies: e.g., MPI, OpenMP, Fortran, C/C++, CUDA/OpenCL.* Demonstrated expertise working in collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with computational scientists and engineers.Preferred Qualifications* Three or more years of post-graduate experience providing HPC technical support to scientists and engineers* Experience running and maintaining benchmark infrastructure at an HPC center.* Experience running and optimizing runtime configurations of parallel computing applications for materials science, molecular dynamics, atomic physics, or astrophysics.* Experience and interest in teaching or producing HPC training materials.* Experience supporting users of large-scale computing resources.* Experience working with students to promote HPC technologies.Salary Range$90,210 + depending on qualificationsWorking ConditionsTypical office environmentRequired Materials* Resume/CV* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor* Letter of interestImportant for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.
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The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.* ---Employment Eligibility:Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.* ---Retirement Plan Eligibility:The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.* ---Background Checks:A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.* ---Equal Opportunity Employer:The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.
The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.* ---Pay Transparency:The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.* ---Employment Eligibility Verification:If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.
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