position available at APS in Software Services Group

[Claude Saunders <saunders@aps.anl.gov>]

 The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Engineering Support Division at 
Argonne National Laboratory has an immediate opening for a Principal 
Software Engineer. The candidate will:
  - specify, design, develop, and maintain software for scientific data 
analysis, modeling, and visualization.
  - identify specific needs in APS user community for scientific software.
  - collaborate with domestic and foreign scientific community to 
coordinate integration, development and maintenance of software packages.
  - work within software services group to integrate beamline 
technique-specific analysis software with overall experimental work flow 
architecture.

The candidate must have comprehensive verbal and report writing skills, 
comprehensive knowledge of x-ray and/or neutron data analysis (or 
equivalent). Also comprehensive computer programming experience in 
higher-level languages including Java, Python, C, C++, FORTRAN, as well 
as experience and familiarity in developing interactive programs and 
graphical user interfaces.

The candidate must have considerable knowledge of high-performance 
computing and software engineering techniques and practices.

These levels of knowledge and skills are typically achieved with a Ph.D. 
in Computer Science, Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, or 
Biosciences plus six or more years experience assisting users in an 
X-ray or neutron beamline environment, or the equivalent. Ph.D. and 6-10 
years experience or Masters and 8-12 years or Bachelors with 12+ years 
experience required.

Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV through the Argonne 
website at http://www.anl.gov/jobsearch.  The requisition number is AES 
316767.

Argonne is a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory managed by UChicago 
Argonne, LLC.

Argonne is an equal opportunity employer, and values diversity in our 
workforce.