PhD and PDF Positions: 02/03/10

Position for Scientific Software Developer, SCM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Highlights:

1.  SCM, a scientific software company located in Amsterdam and operating in the area of computational quantum chemistry and materials science, is about to receive a grant from the EU for a 4-year collaboration with Prof. Heine's group at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany to develop new methods for quantum simulations of nanoscale systems.

2.  A 4-year position will be created at SCM for an [experienced] scientific software developer with a PhD degree in a relevant field. Permanent employment at SCM in Amsterdam is envisaged,  though not guaranteed, afterwards.

3.  The 1st and 4th years will be spent in Amsterdam and years 2 and 3 in Bremen.

4.    An intensive collaboration with the Heine group is part of the job.

5.    The developer's tasks will include a mixture of development, implementation, testing, porting, documenting, and debugging work, primarily in SCM's new software programs dealing with thousands of atoms.

6.    Requirements:

  * The key point: excellent programming skills - experience in writing modular, reusable, efficient quality code is crucially important

  * Willingness to work for two years in Prof. Heine's group in Bremen and return for (at least) one year to Amsterdam afterwards

  * Experience in quantum chemistry, electronic structure theory (DFT or approximate methods), and/or molecular dynamics

  * Ph.D. degree in relevant field (e.g. computational physics, materials science, or quantum chemistry), with preferably a few years of postdoc experience (more experienced candidates may also be considered)with focus on method and software development

  * Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language

Desirable additional knowledge and experience:

  * Experience with programming in a team, in a large-scale software package (>100,000 lines of code)

        * Working knowledge of Fortran(90)

  * Experience with one or more of: high-performance computing, parallel programming, GPGPU programming, linear scaling methods

  * Knowledge of DFTB or semi-empirical methodology, or hybrid methods such as QM/MM

        * Experience in methods for dynamics simulations

        * Knowledge of ADF or BAND (especially source code)

        * Technical skills (UNIX, scripting languages, debugging, etc.)

  * Willingness to occassionally travel for ADF promotion and being capable of properly representing ADF at such events (e.g. workshop)

  * Team player, with good two-way communication skills, highly self-motivated and able to work independently with excellent time management skills.

What we offer: The position is available immediately, with some flexibility concerning the starting date.

  Salary and secondary benefits (including pension fund, 30+ holidays/year) will be competitive, with the two years in Bremen

  being compensated according to attractive EU conditions including mobility allowances etc.

  Tax benefits (30% of salary tax-free) should be available for a successful candidate from abroad.

  This is a full-time position in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Bremen, Germany.

  A qualified candidate may be offered - during the two years in Bremen - a position as junior group leader to independently supervise graduate students and carry out research according to the QUASINANO project.

  Full information available at the SCM web site: http://www.scm.com/News/DeveloperJob.html

  Those interested in this position are encouraged to contact Dr. Stan van Gisbergen,

  SCM's Chief Executive Officer (vangisbergen at scm dot com, tel: +31-20-5987626) for further information. Job applications can be sent by E-mail to the same address until February 28, 2010, but preferably sooner. Applications should contain a CV, a letter explaining the motivation for applying and, if applicable, a list of publications.

References may be requested at a later stage.

PhD Position in Inorganic Chemistry

Highlights:

PhD Studentship in Inorganic Chemistry (Bio-inspired Solar H2 Production) School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Closing date for application: 31 March 2010; Start date: approx. September 2010.
Duration: 42 months. The studentship will cover tuition fees and an annual stipend of £13,290 for UK/EU students.
A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr. Erwin Reisner (School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester) to work on Bio-inspired Solar Hydrogen Production.
This cross-disciplinary research project involves anaerobic synthetic inorganic chemistry, a range of spectroscopic techniques, X-ray single crystal diffraction, electro- and photochemistry, enzyme chemistry, and (nano)materials.
This work is part of a collaborative research programme involving scientists in Manchester, Grenoble (France) and Carnegie Mellon University (USA).
Applicants should have or expect a good to excellent honours degree in chemistry or closely related field. Funding is offered at the standard EPSRC (UK research council) rate for 42 months and the studentship will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate (see above).
For more information about the group and project please visit: http://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/groups/reisner/
Further information and application: For informal inquiries please contact Dr Reisner at erwin.reisner@manchester.ac.uk, enclosing a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two academic referees and relevant documentation.
Applications can be made online using the following web link: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply
Please also attach a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two academic referees and relevant documentation to your application.