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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