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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Computational Research Scientist, Office Clinical Research

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215

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Overview WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY

Leads the design and implementation of High-Performance Scientific Computing infrastructure. Performs and supports scientific research using technical knowledge of software, software development, complex databases, high-performance computing, and/or hardware in a complex computing environment. Performs scientific research using knowledge of formalisms and algorithms from mathematics, statistics, and/or computer science.

Benefits UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage

100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay

Paid Time Off, available day one

Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)

Paid Parental Leave Benefit

Wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

Experience and Education Required

Education: PhD In Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or Master’s Degree In Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Experience: 2 years Experience in software development/engineering and/or HPC systems management with PhD, or 4 years Experience in software development/engineering and/or HPC systems management with Master’s Degree.

Job Duties

Designs and implements the high-performance scientific computing infrastructure for large, multi-institution projects, including software applications, workflows, servers, databases, long-term and short-term storage solutions, and cloud services.

Serves as a domain expert for research and industry collaborations on biomedical computational methods, algorithms and platforms. Subject matter expert in multiple areas of computing technology.

Leads and develops proof-of-concepts (PoCs) for solutions applied to biomedical and clinical science use-cases by working closely with industry collaborators.

Designs, develops, implements and optimizes algorithms and scientific workflows for high dimensional data in biomedical and clinical sciences.

Develops software and methods to explore, analyze and visualize biological data sets.

Demonstrates and craft applications of cutting-edge visual computing technologies and connect them to core infrastructure.

Report research results in journal articles, conference papers, and technical manuals.

Mentor and train staff, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.

Supports faculty and students in adapting computational strategies to leverage high-performance computing, working with a range of systems and technologies such as compute cluster, parallel file systems, high speed interconnects, GPU-based computing and data servers.

Performs other duties as needed

Security and EEO Statement Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

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