Postdoctoral Research Associate

Die Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ist eine internationale Forschungsuniversität mit einem breiten Fächerspektrum. 200 Jahre Geschichte, rund 33.000 Studierende, mehr als 6.000 Beschäftigte und ein exzellenter Ruf im In- und Ausland: Die Universität Bonn zählt zu den bedeutendsten Universitäten Deutschlands und wurde als Exzellenzuniversität ausgezeichnet.

The High Performance Computing & Analytics Lab is looking to fill the following position as soon as possible on a fixed-term contract for three years:

Postdoctoral Research Associate

(100 %)

The position is part of the project “Accessibility and Sustainability for the tmLQCD Software Suite“ funded by the DFG and led by Bartosz Kostrzewa (University of Bonn) in collaboration with the working groups of Carsten Urbach (University of Bonn) and Stefan Krieg (Forschungszentrum Jülich). The project is embedded into the research program of the Extended Twisted Mass Collaboration (ETMC) with the aim of contributing to the development and maintenance of the tmLQCD software suite and its high-performance kernel and solver libraries such as QUDA, DDalphaAMG and QPhiX as well as I/O libraries such as LEMON and lime.

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Adaptation and development of tmLQCD and its libraries to ensure continued correctness and efficiency on the various supercomputing platforms in Europe and beyond
• Extension of tmLQCD's library interfaces to QUDA, QPhiX and DDalphaAMG to support more fermion actions
• Improvement of the handling of meta- and provenance data by tmLQCD and its I/O libraries as well as other improvements to reproducibility
• Establishment of a continuous integration workflow for tmLQCD suitable for heterogeneous execution as well as general improvement of code coverage
• Publication and presentation of the results of the project both at conferences on research software engineering and high performance computing (deRSE, SC, ISC, ...) as well as topical workshops and conferences and/or in journals

Ihr Profil:

• PhD in physics, computer science, mathematics or a related subject
• Interest and experience in high performance computing
• Practical experience in collaborative software development
• Strong background in C
• Welcome assets: experience with lattice gauge theory, C++, GPUs and the development and usage of continuous integration workflows

Wir bieten:

• A varied, challenging job with one of the largest employers in the region within an interdisciplinary setting and a team of several Postdoctoral Researchers
• Access to the modular HPC infrastructure at the University of Bonn as well as supercomputers and hardware prototypes at Jülich Supercomputing Center
• Funding for travel, publication fees and a student assistant for the entire duration
• If desired, collaboration opportunities in the many physics and HPC projects within the ETMC, the CRC “NuMeriQS” as well as at JSC
• Teaching opportunities at the University of Bonn in physics or computer science (lectures, exercises, seminars)
• Extensive transferable skills training for Postdoctoral Researchers at the Argelander Competence Center
• Many options available for university sports
• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home
• Remuneration in accordance with TV-L pay grade 13
• Occupational pension (VBL)

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If you are interested in this position, please send your application (statement of interest, CV, list of most relevant publications) as a single PDF file by email to dice@uni-bonn.de by June 30th, 2024 quoting reference 33/2024/17 and arrange for two reference letters to be sent to the same email address. Please do not hesitate to contact Bartosz Kostrzewa (bkostrze@uni-bonn.de) if you have any questions.