Research Software Engineer

Role:  Research Software Engineer

Department: School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems

Grade: Research Grade 7 (£38,273 - £40,543 per annum)

Responsible to:  Principal Investigator

Campus: Derry~Londonderry

(Fixed-Term until 31st March 2025 / Full-Time)

Job Purpose:

The post holder will work as part of a team involving Ulster University and Queens University Belfast and be responsible for engaging researchers from multiple disciplines with the Northern Ireland High Performance Computing (NI-HPC) facility https://www.ni-hpc.ac.uk/.  The NI-HPC Centre hosts the Kelvin-2 Tier-2 facility funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).  

The post holder will work with researchers to gain a clear understanding of their research challenges, help them design HPC software, and provide necessary support on deploying existing code bases and simulations onto HPC.

The School of Computing, Engineering & Intelligent Systems holds a Bronze Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means at www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan and on our University website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

Closing Date: 11 April 2024 at 23:30