[Neutron] Computer Scientist/Computer Engineer position for the NCNR instrument control software development group

[Robert Shirley]

Computer Scientist/Computer Engineer



The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for  
Neutron Research (NCNR) in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking candidates for  
full time work in computer software development for data acquisition  
and control related to materials research carried out with facilities  
at the NCNR.



The NCNR is a national user facility that develops and makes available  
to the general scientific community advanced instrumentation for  
materials research using beams of cold neutrons. The laboratory serves  
almost 2000 guest scientists per year with about 20 experiment  
stations. More information about the NCNR can be found at the web site http://www.ncnr.nist.gov 
.



The NCNR is in the process of a facility-wide upgrade of the data  
acquisition and control systems used on its neutron scattering  
instruments.  Major effort is needed for:

Development of instrument control software and supporting libraries  
using Java, Python and C/C++.
Creation and maintenance of use cases, UML diagrams and wire frames  
from stakeholder requirements.
Aid in the development of unit and functional test plans for system  
verification.
Perform unit and system level testing.
Provide software support maintenance and user documentation for  
instrument control software.


This software is required to provide robust, responsive, real-time  
control of instrument hardware, (e.g. servo and stepping motors,  
encoders, rotary and translation stages, multiple neutron counters,  
process controllers, etc.), and to provide an intuitive, easy-to-use  
graphical interface for displaying, managing and processing neutron  
scattering data.  Assistance is also needed in the development of  
training materials and courses to enable users and instrument  
scientists to customize the software for instrument-specific purposes.



To be considered, individuals must have, or be working toward, a  
bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a  
physical science and possess good written and verbal communication  
skills. Candidates without a computer science degree must have  
completed computer science course work or have experience working as a  
software engineer. Preference will be given to candidates who have  
experience in computer systems programming, embedded systems  
programming, network programming, object oriented design and  
development in C/C++, Python, and Java on the Linux and Windows  
platforms.



Depending on experience, compensation is in the range from $25./hour  
to $43./hour, plus benefits for full time work.



Expressions of interest may be directed by email to robert.shirley at nist.gov 
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