Senior Research Programmer(s) (#A0900084)- Extended

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has several Senior Research Programmer positions available. The Blue Waters project provides high-performance computational and storage facilities, as well as intellectual resources, which enable computational science of scale. When Blue Waters goes into production in mid-2011, it will be a world-leading platform for accelerating open scientific discovery through computation by some of the world's most advanced teams dealing with unique, unprecedented computational science problems. The Sr. Research Programmers will provide general and specialized technical expertise and support to the Blue Waters project, which may include, but is not limited to, the Applications and User Support Group, the Computational Libraries Group, or other groups engaged with the science and engineering teams using Blue Waters or providing software tools and infrastructure for Blue Waters.

Required Education and Experience:

BA/BS degree (advanced degree highly preferred) in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, or related field. Alternative degree fields will be considered if accompanied by equivalent experience (depending on nature and depth of experience as it relates to current NCSA projects and technologies)

Experience using various/multiple computational platforms, including UNIX, AIX, and/or LINUX

Considerable knowledge in most of the following areas: parallel algorithms, performance analysis, code tuning, performance simulation or modeling of parallel application behavior

At least 3 years parallel programming experience on high performance computers including development, optimization, porting, and/or scaling one or more parallel libraries or application codes written in Fortran, C, and/or C++, and utilizing communication protocols such as MPI and OpenMP

Due to limiting export controls over this project, residency and/or citizenship restrictions may apply.


This is an academic professional position at NCSA and is a renewable 12-month, 100%-time appointment with regular University benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience and start date will be as soon as possible after the close date of the search. Interviews may be conducted before the closing date, although no hiring decisions will be made until after the search has closed.

For full consideration, Please create your candidate profile at jobs.illinois.edu and upload a letter of application, resume, and three letters of recommendation by the close date (11/20/09). All requested information must be submitted for your application to be considered.

For further information regarding our application procedures, you may visit http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu, contact NCSA at (217) 265-0618 or email [Click Here to Email Your Resumé].

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

BA/BS degree (advanced degree highly preferred) in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, or related field. Alternative degree fields will be considered if accompanied by equivalent experience (depending on nature and depth of experience as it relates to current NCSA projects and technologies)

Experience using various/multiple computational platforms, including UNIX, AIX, and/or LINUX

Considerable knowledge in most of the following areas: parallel algorithms, performance analysis, code tuning, performance simulation or modeling of parallel application behavior

At least 3 years parallel programming experience on high performance computers including development, optimization, porting, and/or scaling one or more parallel libraries or application codes written in Fortran, C, and/or C++, and utilizing communication protocols such as MPI and OpenMP

Due to limiting export controls over this project, residency and/or citizenship restrictions may apply.


This is an academic professional position at NCSA and is a renewable 12-month, 100%-time appointment with regular University benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience and start date will be as soon as possible after the close date of the search. Interviews may be conducted before the closing date, although no hiring decisions will be made until after the search has closed.

For full consideration, Please create your candidate profile at jobs.illinois.edu and upload a letter of application, resume, and three letters of recommendation by the close date (11/20/09). All requested information must be submitted for your application to be considered.