Research Software Engineers

We are seeking two Research Software Engineers in Vienna, Austria. We offer you

  • A combination of software development and scientific projects
  • To learn cutting-edge technologies for high-performance computing
  • A competitively-paid long-term perspective without grant or tenure track constraints

The VASP Software GmbH develops the de-facto standard for the simulation of condensed matter systems—the Vienna Ab Initio Software Package (VASP). We have a dynamic international team and would like to add two new members that

  • Have a proven track record in Computational Solid-State Physics or possibly Computational Chemistry
  • Enjoy programming and have experience with Fortran or Python
  • Want to understand materials from first principles
  • Like improving their software developers’ capabilities

You would stand out, if you

  • Have prior experience with VASP
  • Contributed to a large software project
  • Designed graphical applications and interfaces
  • Worked with workflow tools (ASE, AiiDA, pymatgen, …)
  • Developed code on modern high-performance architectures
  • Have extensive experience with teaching and workshop planning

Please write in a motivational letter expressing what makes you the ideal candidate. Send this letter along with a curriculum vitae and a list of all publications to martin.schlipf@vasp.at (subject: position Research Software Engineer) and in cc to christian.hirsch@vasp.at.

Preselection of candidates will begin 6th of July.