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Data Officer for Digital Chemistry, NCCR Catalysis

Your mission:
The NCCR Catalysis (Sustainable Chemical Processes Through Catalyst Design, http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/nccr/catalysis) has the ambition to make the production of commodity chemicals and fuels sustainable and carbon neutral, and therefore to contribute to mitigate climate change. ETHZ will be leading house and EPFL co-leading house, with many other Swiss educational centers participating. The mission of the data officer will be to develop a scalable research data management system based on data standardization, storing, sharing, and processing in the field of catalysis research. You will be part of the NCCR management team office located at ETHZ, whereas yourself will be at EPFL. You will be located within the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC, https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/research/isic/) at EPFL, and will have a privileged interaction as well with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC, https://datascience.ch/).
Motivated and qualified candidates should submit their application online before 01.09.2020. The CV should contain the list of technical and scientific skills, previous professional experience, education, copy of the PhD degree and names and contact details of at least 3 references. The motivation letter should highlight past experience which could be exploited for the position and interest for the position. Applications which are incomplete or not submitted in the required format will not be considered.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Drive the software development for the implementation of data storage, sharing and processing pipelines involving all consortium partners.

• Drive the digitalisation of data and standardisation of formats and contents, which needs to be compatible with existing systems.

• Contribute directly and make an impact on data processing in collaboration with the PI's of the NCCR and our partners NCCR MARVEL (http://nccr-marvel.ch/), SDSC (https://datascience.ch/), and CSCS (https://www.cscs.ch/).

• Ensure the associated maintenance and support, once standardization and software are established.

• Advise, train and support the participating NCCR laboratories at EPFL, ETHZ and partner institutions in all questions around data science.

Your profile:

• PhD degree in Science or Engineering.

• At least three years of experience in software-related positions (building systems within the scope of a graduate degree counts towards these three years) with validated experience in large software architectures, data management and digitalisation.

• A previous experience in data science related to molecular sciences (chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, biology) is a strong asset.

• Capable of participating in multi-disciplinary teams involving participants with very low data management knowledge. Eagerness to perform training, support and maintenance work.

• Ability to conduct independent work and to work in a team as required by the task at hand.

• Excellent verbal English communication skills. Knowledge of French and German is an asset.

• Travel attitude (mainly within Switzerland: the NCCR central office will in particular have regular meetings in ETHZ in Zurich).

We offer:

• A unique occasion to participate to solving one of the major societal challenge of this century: a carbon neutral society.

• An opportunity to contribute to the growth of the emerging field of digital chemistry.

• A stimulating work environment including multiple research groups at EPFL, ETHZ, IBM, Swiss universities and applied universities and multiple partners in data science.

• Access to many continuing education courses.

• A competitive salary commensurate with skills and experience, and subject to EPFL pay scale. EPFL is an equal-opportunity employer.

• EPFL and ETHZ are international and world-class universities. They offer state-of-the-art facilities, scientific events and training and hosts a vibrant entrepreneurial community. Candidates will be recruited on merit only.

 
Start date: as soon as possible
 
Term of employment: Unlimited (CDI)
 
Work rate: 100%
 
Remark: Only candidates who applied through EPFL website or our partner Jobup’s website will be considered.

Application and details:

https://recruiting.epfl.ch/Vacancies/1420/Description/2