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Research Scientist for Future Computing Architectures

The University of Texas at Austin
paid holidays, sick time, retirement plan
United States, Texas, Austin
101 East 27th Street (Show on map)
Nov 21, 2024

Job Posting Title:

Research Scientist for Future Computing Architectures

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Hiring Department:

Texas Advanced Computing Center

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

The 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 Texas Advanced Computing Center 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 to increase employee engagement, job satisfaction, and overall well-being.

Candidates will need to upload a resume, letter of interest, and the names of three references to apply for this position.

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

  • 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
  • Retirement contributions
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • Paid holidays

Please visit ourHuman Resources (HR) websiteto learn more about the total benefits offered.

If you are not sure that you're 100% qualified, but up for the challenge - we want you to apply. We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

Purpose

This work will support design and development of alternative parallel computing paradigms applicable to modern scientific computing workloads (such as those served by NSF and other large-scale R&D agencies) on supercomputers and similar environments. Such development may include implementation of novel approaches such as hardware-software systems in computing accelerators, among other possible approaches. The position will work in support of research directions determined by TACC's Director of Future Computing Architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Drawing upon a base of established research this position will design, develop, evaluate, and implement novel approaches to parallel computing in the context of numerical scientific modeling and simulation workflows to meet the principal design objective of dramatically increasing performance of applications heavily dependent on dynamic irregular and time-varying graph data structures.
  • Contribute to TACC's future computing plans and architecture design decisions for future scientific computing platforms, methods, and programming, identifying new requirements for future systems and emerging technologies from leading suppliers to meet the emerging needs of TACC's user and stakeholder communities.
  • Engage scientific computing user and provider communities to evaluate evolving requirements and emerging trends in technology solutions while representing TACC's capabilities and plans to national and international stakeholders.
  • Pursue and obtain external funding to enhance activities, expertise, and resources at TACC.

Required Qualifications

  • Doctoral degree in EE, CS, or a discipline relevant to this position, and ten years of relevant experience.
  • Significant research publication, finding,and implementation experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading successful hardware, software, and co-design research projects.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional demeanor.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Fifteen or more years of post-graduate experience in a position or positions related to the TACC mission.
  • Experience working with or for federal funding agencies in research infrastructure.
  • Experience with large scale scientific software, at both the systems and application levels, as well as translating these codes for hardware acceleration.
  • Experience with hardware techniques for acceleration of graph-based algorithms.

Salary Range

OPEN

Working Conditions

  • Typical Office Environment

Required Materials

  • Curriculum Vitae (CV), including a list of publications
  • List of 3 professional references
  • Cover letter detailing the applicable experience
  • Unofficial copy of transcript

Importantfor 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 thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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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.

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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. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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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.

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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.

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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. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

  • E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
  • E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
  • Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
  • Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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