SimCenter Postdoctoral Positions Available: Software development for workflows and advanced simulation model generation

[announce at designsafe-ci.org]

Dear Colleagues:

UC Berkeley’s SimCenter project has multiple, immediate openings in
software development for postdoctoral researchers to work at the NHERI
SimCenter <https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/> funded by the National
Science Foundation.

 We are looking for qualified, motivated researchers with interest and
experience in simulation based approaches to Natural Hazards Engineering.
Competitive applicants will have strong software development experience
with knowledge of computational modeling systems for structural analysis,
wind modeling, tsunami modeling, and/or geo-technical simulation.
Candidates will ideally have demonstrated interest or experience in one or
more of the following areas: machine learning; probabilistic simulation;
performance based engineering; experimental testing; and/or community
resilience.

The project involves the creation of next-generation simulation
applications and educational resources for natural hazards engineering on a
scale ranging from individual buildings through to metropolitan areas. This
is a high impact applied effort involving multiple researchers spread
across the United States. The home base for the postdocs will be UC
Berkeley.

Advanced skills in computer programming are required. Candidates should
have demonstrated experience (3–5 years) in one or more of the following:
software engineering and software design; high-performance computing,
scientific workflow systems; community software development, version
control, documentation, and maintenance; proven knowledge of computer
languages used in scientific computing (e.g., C, C++, Modern Fortran), and
knowledge of scripting languages used in scientific data processing (e.g.,
Matlab, R, Python); as well as proven experience/knowledge of parallel and
multi-thread programming (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, CUDA) and I/O tools for
parallel access and management of large datasets.  In addition the
candidates must have excellent English language skills, social skills,
design sense, and team spirit. Candidates need to be able and willing to
work in a highly interdisciplinary environment.

*Candidates should submit their application* materials as a single pdf file
(less than 5 MB), including a short motivational letter, their CV, and
copies of academic credentials (bachelor, master/diploma, and PhD) with
attention to:
*Professor Sanjay Govindjee*
*Email address: *s_g at berkeley.edu

Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as soon as possible.
Review of applications *will begin on February 16, 2018*, and will continue
until the positions are filled. The successful candidate is expected to
start working in Berkeley from late spring 2018 or no later than mid summer
2018.
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