Postdoctoral Research Associate

About this position

Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Opportunity

• This job description is intended to describe the general nature and
• level of work being performed by people assigned to this
• classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive
• list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of
• personnel so classified.

Summary:

• The Goodwill Computing Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
• The Goodwill Computer Lab researches on a variety of computer
• systems topics including HPC resilience, data center power
• management, large-scale job scheduling and performance tuning,
• parallel storage systems and scientific data management. Recent
• research project details and outcomes can be found in computer
• systems conference proceedings, such as HPCA, FAST, SC, DSN, HPDC,
• IPDPS, and DAC.

Responsibilities:

• Performs basic or applied research of a limited scope, primarily
• using existing theories and methods. Assists the supervisor in the
• interpretation and publication of results and grants. Maintains the
• laboratory and may exercise functional supervision over supporting
• research staff. Primary responsibility is ensuring that the
• research is complete.

• The major responsibilities of the Postdoctoral Research Associate
• includes contributing to multiple projects including
• resilience-aware scheduling, deep learning workload job scheduling,
• and storage system performance tuning. The candidate will have the
• opportunity to engage in multiple projects lead by the graduate
• students in the group and co-advise the graduate students. The
• candidate is expected to publish and present research findings in
• the computer science research conferences.

Qualifications:

• PhD in computer science with file systems, GPU architecture
• experience. Proven ability to articulate research work and findings
• in peer-reviewed proceedings. Knowledge of systems programming
• skills and concepts Experience with fundamental OS and storage
• concepts. Experience with programming heterogenous
• architecture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with CUDA programming; Experience programming
• distributed systems; Experience with parallel and distributed File
• Systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS, Ceph) development. Advanced experience
• with high-performance computing and/or large-scale data centers;
• Advanced experience with large-scale software development and
• support; Advanced knowledge of Linux kernel internals and systems
• programming methods; Advanced knowledge of large-scale application
• and/or kernel debugging techniques.

Position Type

Research

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work

experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

• Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit
• eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid
• time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as
• well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for
• more information.

• All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive
• consideration for employment without regard to race, religion,
• color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability
• status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable
• law.

Compensation Grade/Pay Type:

108S

Expected Hiring Range:

$60,315.00 - $85,192.50

• With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend
• on several factors, which may include your education, experience,
• location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay
• comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role.
• Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to
• change.

To apply, visit https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Boston-MA-Main-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate_R128993

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