Requisition Id11025

Overview:

The Intelligent Systems and Facilities Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated computer scientist to research design and deploy capabilities for next-generation scalable computing configurations and system-of-systems. The successful candidate should have a deep understanding in one or more of the following:

• Scientific Workflows
• Microservice Architectures
• Cloud Architectures
• Accelerator Programing (e.g. GPU FPGA)
• System-System Interconnectivity (e.g. Message Brokers)

The Intelligent Systems and Facilities Group addresses the system software challenges for scientific instruments and facilities. The group collaborates with computer computational instrument and domain science experts across the Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory other national laboratories and universities to foster the scientific leadership in smart systems instruments and facilities necessary to further both the ORNL and Department of Energy missions. The groups research and development connects scientific instruments and facilities with edge and leadership computing capabilities and provides operational intelligence with machine-in-the-loop feedback. It enables science breakthroughs with autonomous experiments self-driving laboratories smart manufacturing and AI-driven design discovery and evaluation.

The position will be in the Advanced Computing Systems Section within the Computer Science and Mathematics (CSM) Division. CSM delivers fundamental and applied research capabilities in a wide range of areas including applied mathematics and computer science experimental computing systems scalable algorithms and systems artificial intelligence and machine learning data management workflow systems analysis and visualization technologies programming systems and environments and system science and engineering.

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of solving the nations biggest problems. With a dedicated and creative staff of over 6000 people ORNLs decadal vision for diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the people across the organization as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNLs broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy environment and security solutions for the nation.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to advanced scientific computing ecosystem (ASCE) architecture development used to interconnect HPC edge compute nodes experimental instruments and other data creating devices.
• Develop frameworks and architectures that support the automation of advanced experiment and data analysis workflows.
• Participate in requirements gathering procurement and engineering activities for various ORNL compute and data system projects as well as DOE-sponsored vendor research programs.
• Advise senior leadership on upcoming leadership compute systems edge systems data system designs hybrid ASCE/cloud architectures procurements and deployments.
• Collaborate with internal and external researchers on a wide variety of interconnected HPC and edge compute platform design projects.
• Integrate and deploy research in hardware-software design and configurations for heterogeneous large-scale systems.
• Perform scaling and performance evaluations of modern heterogeneous and extreme-scale high-performance computing systems.
• Research and develop new capabilities that execute on ORNLs leading data infrastructures.
• Collaborate in authoring peer reviewed papers technical papers reports and proposals.
• Perform service including mentoring participating in conference committees and maintain membership and leadership

Basic Qualifications:

• MS and 2+ years of exerience or a Ph.D. with relevant research experience. Degree area should be in computer science computer engineering computational science or a related field.
• Experience creating architectures that interconnect independent systems into an advanced computing ecosystem.
• Experience in the development and/or implementation of advanced architectures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with creating and/or implementing common open system architectures
• Experience integrating and utilizing scientific edge compute devices
• Experience developing and/or implementing cloud architectures and associated technologies
• Experience with one or more of:
  • Working with compute accelerators heterogeneous nodes and system architectures
  • Hierarchical memory architectures and/or storage class memories
  • High-performance interconnects
  • Heterogeneous system design and deployment
  • Understanding of modern software development practices
  • Understanding of hardware/software interactions
  • Proven ability to analyze propose develop and deploy solutions to existing problems
  • Excellent interpersonal skills oral and written communication skills and strong personal motivation

Special Requirement:

This position requires access to technology that is subject to export control requirements. Successful candidates must be qualified for such access without an export control license.

ORNL Ethics and Conduct:

As a member of the ORNL scientific community you will be expected to commit to ORNL's Research Code of Conduct. Our full code of conduct and a statement by the Lab Director's office can be found here:https://www.ornl.gov/content/research-integrity

Benefits at ORNL:

ORNL offers competitive pay and benefits programs to attract and retain talented people. The laboratory offers many employee benefits including medical and retirement plans and flexible work hours to help you and your family live happy and healthy. Employee amenities such as on-site fitness banking and cafeteria facilities are also provided for convenience.

Other benefits include:Prescription Drug Plan Dental Plan Vision Plan 401(k) Retirement Plan Contributory Pension PlanLife Insurance Pet Insurance Disability Benefits Generous Vacation and Holidays Parental Leave Legal Insurance with Identity Theft Protection Employee Assistance Plan Flexible Spending Accounts Health Savings Accounts Wellness Programs Educational Assistance Relocation Assistance and Employee Discounts.

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This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

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ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.