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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Upton, NY · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$72k-$119kDetected 30 days ago
PythonC++Node.jsAlgorithmsMachine LearningData AnalysisNLPResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • The candidate will also contribute to and help originate research and proposal ideas in collaboration with staff scientists, supporting both their professional development and the goals of the Laboratory.
  • The appointment will be initially for two years, with the possibility of extension and career growth contingent on performance and funding.
  • The full salary range for this position is $71,900 - $119,000 / year.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement strategies for correctness and reproducibility testing, and analyze and optimize software scalability and performance
  • Strong experience developing, deploying, and optimizing applications and workflows in high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

Requirements

  • PhD must be obtained prior to commencing employment.
  • This is due to nationwide identification requirements for federal site access as required by the federal REAL ID Act.
  • Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Experience with computational workflows on large-scale HPC systems, including leadership-class or pre-exascale/exascale platforms such as Perlmutter, Frontier, or Aurora.

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated programming proficiency in C/C++ (preferred) and Python, with experience in additional languages such as Fortran considered a plus.
  • Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Skills

  • PhD in Computational Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Computer Science/Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning, including end-to-end training, tuning, and evaluation of at least one class of models.
  • Familiarity with software engineering best practices, including testing, documentation, source code management, and release procedures.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work productively with interdisciplinary teams.
  • Experience scaling machine learning training and/or inference on multi-node HPC systems.
  • History of implementing, adapting, or optimizing machine learning architectures for scientific or high-performance computing applications.
  • Background in software performance evaluation, profiling, and optimization on CPUs and GPUs.

Compensation

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation.

Benefits

  • Experience developing or using advanced computational workflows, including adaptive, automated, or agent-based (agentic) workflows that integrate simulation, data analysis, and/or machine learning.

Company info

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
  • Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled. We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
  • BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven. The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future.
  • Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research.
  • The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science.
  • Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE.
  • BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.
  • BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  • Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled.
  • We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery.
  • We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
  • All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
  • We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
  • Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
  • BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A.
  • You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven.
  • The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
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