This Research Scientist/Research Associate position at the Texas Advanced Computing Center will enhance the research, development, and support activities in high performance computing (HPC) for the UT academic research community, NPACI user community, and UT academic, government, and industrial partners. Position Responsibilities: * Initiate and conduct research into new high performance computing (HPC) and parallel computing techniques, tools, and algorithms. * Obtain external funding to enhance TACC's HPC activities, expertise, and resources by submitting proposals to funding agencies, industrial partners, and vendors. * Work with TACC users to integrate HPC technologies into their research and development activities and to measure the impact of TACC's HPC systems on their research capabilities. * Publicize the results of these activities through presentations at conferences/workshops and through publications in proceedings and professional journals. * Additional tasks as needed. Required Qualifications: * Doctoral degree in a natural science or engineering discipline or in computer science or computer engineering. * Three or more years of post-doctorate experience in an academic environment. * Research experience in HPC/parallel computing including at least five recent, relevant publications. * Proficiency with common HPC programming languages, tools, and techniques including Fortran and/or C, MPI, OpenMP, and performance optimization. * Six or more years experience in scientific programming. * Demonstrated expertise working in collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with computational scientists and engineers. * Demonstrated excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional demeanor. Preferred Qualifications: * History of writing successful proposals for external funding. * Experience developing parallel computing software tools. * Experience working with researchers to integrate HPC techniques into their research activities. * Experience with scientific visualization and Grid computing. * Significant coursework or other formal education in computer science and computer architecture. * Undergraduate or graduate-level teaching experience. For further information and to submit a resume send mail to admin@tacc.utexas.edu.