Northeastern University · 1 month ago
Computational Scientist
Boston, MA (Main Campus)
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$86K/yr - $122K/yr
7+ years expNortheastern University is seeking a motivated Computational Scientist to join their Research Computing team. The role involves supporting faculty and students in leveraging high performance computing resources for research and teaching, as well as optimizing computational workflows.
Education
Responsibilities
Support and enhance the research enterprise through direct interaction with faculty and students
Assist research groups in taking full advantage of Discovery, NU’s high performance computing (HPC) cluster
Help with optimization of code and utilization of scheduler features to maximize throughput of jobs
Work with research groups to help identify, implement, and improve their computational workflow
Assist in facilitating scientific computing solutions specific to NU researchers
Participate in grant funding opportunities, author research papers and presentations, with NU’s faculty members
Carry out independent research at RC, and supervise student staff as needed
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in science (chemistry, physics, biology, etc.) or engineering required
7+ years of experience in computational physics or related area
Proven experience coding in C/C++, Fortran, and/or Python
Proven experience with multiple parallel programming paradigms, including but not limited to; MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)
Experience in a batch HPC environment with a parallel file system using Slurm
Experience working with researchers, students, and scientific workflows
Experience with instrumenting, optimizing, and implementing application codes
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and remain current with developing trends in the scientific computing community
Demonstrated strong writing skills with an ability to document and communicate solutions to users clearly
Desire for continuous self-improvement and maintenance of skills through training, workshops, and/or conferences
Self-starter, with a proven track-record for formulating strategy to solve problems based on user requirements
Ability to prioritize multiple projects and work-streams in a fast-paced environment
Preferred
Postdoctoral or industry equivalent work at a computing facility, or using/managing HPC resources
Experience working with large scale machine learning models
Experience with performance optimization, debugging, and checkpointing on massively parallel &/or high throughput codes with tools such as HPCToolkit, Vampir, GDB, Intel VTune, and DMTCP
Experience installing and supporting bio and chemistry codes such as NAMD, GAMESS, NWChem, QBox, Quantum Espresso, Gaussian, GROMACS, LAMMPS, etc
Strong publication record in their area of expertise
Benefits
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Paid time off
Tuition assistance
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Commuting & transportation
Company
Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery.
5001-10000 employees
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