Location: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

Start date: flexible, preferably first half of 2022

Duration: 2 years, with the possibility for extension to a third year upon mutual agreement

Closing date: 20 January 2022

We invite applications for a Research Software Scientist position in the group of Dr Bartomeu Monserrat at the University of Cambridge. We are looking for a motivated, independent, and talented software developer to join our group.

The successful candidate will lead the upcoming public release of our code, used to calculate phonons and related quantities from first principles, and suitable for use in exascale platforms.

Applicants must have (or be about to receive) a PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related subject. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in a variety of programming languages (e.g. Fortran, C, C++, and Python); debugging and performance profiling and optimisation; high-performance parallel computing and/or cloud computing; software development best practices (e.g. version control, continuous integration with automated tests); hardware acceleration (e.g. GPUs). Experience in software development in the context of electronic structure methods (e.g. DFT, GW, BSE, DMFT), wave function methods (e.g. quantum Monte Carlo), and/or atomistic modelling (e.g. phonons, molecular dynamics, structure prediction) will be an advantage. Applicants must also have a strong track record of publications in computational materials science or a related field, excellent communication skills, the ability to work collaboratively in a team of scientists with different backgrounds, and a willingness to take a leading role in the supervision of junior group members.

The successful candidate will be part of a thriving community of computational materials scientists as part of the Materials Theory Group in the Department of Materials and as part of the Lennard-Jones Centre in the wider University of Cambridge, providing a supportive and collaborative environment.

For further details and instructions on how to apply, please follow this link: apply