Project scientist: Junior Postdoctoral/Doctoral Level 1902 views

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy is inviting applications for Project scientist (Junior Postdoctoral/Doctoral Level) for the project “VAMPIRA” (Administration, Evaluation and Modelling of Provenance Information from Computationally Intensive Scientific Workflows).

Research area: Computation and Astronomical Applications.

About the project:

• The project aims to design/develop an automated analytic system that captures data provenance and thus enables reproducible workflows for data intensive analyses in radio astronomy and related fields. VAMPIRA is carried out in close cooperation with the Institute for Data Sciences of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Jena.
• The selected candidate will be responsible for the development of software and methods and will use astronomical pipelines in the time and image domain to test the VAMPIRA software.
• The selected candidate is expected to introduce the project to the astronomical community and related scientific fields and to establish new collaborations.
• The selected candidate will work with members of the MPIfR’s “Fundamental Physics in Radio Astronomy” and “Digital Signal Processing” groups and with members of the “Data Management Technologies” group at the Institute of Data Sciences.
• The full-time position is available immediately.
• The position is limited to two years with the possibility of a one-year extension.

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold degree in Computer Science, Astronomy, Physics or a closely related subject
• Knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g. Python, C++)
• Ability to work in a team and very good organizational and communication skills
• Very good English / German language skills, both spoken and written; documentation and reporting in German and English.
• Complete mastery of one of these languages is considered mandatory; mastery of both is considered an asset.
• Willingness to undertake regular business trips at home and abroad.

Applications:

Apply online including up to three reference letters via the application portal.