PREP0003971 HPC Development Researcher

PREP Research Associate

Opportunity No.: PREP0003971

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, and thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

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HPC Development Researcher

Project Description:

Supporting the high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructures associated with the NIST Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science (CTCMS). This work will include the deployment, configuration, and support of CPU (Central Processing Unit) and GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) HPC resources. A key aspect of this work will include ensuring HPC resources are configured to match the needs and practices of CTCMS researchers. This work will also entail the development of novel strategies to improve the reproducibility and performance of computational materials science calculations and workflows.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and deploy novel HPC workflows in the flexible CTCMS operational environment, in partnership with users, to improve the impact of computational materials science
• Develop and deploy novel strategies to integrate GPU and CPU HPC nodes to ensure appropriate resource management in heterogeneous environments
• Deploy and maintain GPU and CPU clusters to support high-throughput simulations
• Provide support and documentation for CTCMS users
• Develop and support novel methods for computational reproducibility (for example, JARVIS Leaderboard)

Desired Qualifications: 

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering or a related field
• 4 years of relevant experience
• Experience with Linux system administration
• Experience with HPC resource managers such as SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management)
• Experience with computational materials science methods and software (e.g. density functional theory, molecular dynamics, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Other Details:

• Full-time: the participant is expected to work 40 hours a week
• Location: the participant will work at the NIST Gaithersburg Campus.
• Duration: this is expected to be an 8-month position. Extensions are sometimes granted depending on the availability of funds.
• For questions related to the research project or the nature of the work in this position, please contact Dr. Andrew C.E. Reid (andrew.reid@nist.gov). For questions related to the online application or NIST PREP more generally, please contact msu-nistprep@morgan.edu.

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