Scientific Computing Specialist

West Virginia University Research Corporation is seeking applications for a Computer Engineer in the Physics and Astronomy Department. The incumbent will work with the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center, a consortium between US and Canadian astronomers whose aim is to detect low-frequency gravitational waves by timing millisecond pulsars. The successful applicant would be primarily responsible for; developing and maintaining web-accessible databases of NANOGrav and pulsar search observations, maintaining the NANOGrav website, wiki, and Jupyter notebook server, administering computer systems at WVU, managing NANOGrav data and processing pipelines, maintaining pulsar data analysis software at WVU, and helping to train undergraduate and graduate students at multiple institutions in the use of this software.

For more information and to apply, please see https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/wvu_research/jobdetail.ftl?job=14847&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York.

West Virginia University Research Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. West Virginia University Research Corporation values diversity among its employees and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.