Job no: 525580
Work type: Research Faculty
Senior management: Vice President for Research
Department:  Fralin Biomedical Res. Institute
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Categories: Research / Scientific

Job Description

Applications are invited for a full-time Neuroscience Research Computational Programmer in Dr. Read Montague’s lab, within the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Projects in the lab are highly interdisciplinary, investigating decision-making and social interaction in both clinical and non-clinical participant populations using MRI, MEG, pupilometry, and electrochemical recordings. This position provides an excellent opportunity to apply and gain skills in processing, parsing, and organizing experimental data outputs, signal processing and analysis, high-performance computing, writing user documentation, and/or computational neuroscience as either a long-term position or in preparation for graduate school. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented person who enjoys interacting with others and being a key part of a diverse and active scientific environment.

The Neuroscience Research Computational Programmer will play a critical role in ground-breaking research including: preparation of in-vivo datasets for analysis, investigation and validation of new data acquisition and analysis methods, data quality assurance, and process automation. We invite applications from individuals with field experience and from highly self-directed, conscientious, and talented early career developers with little to no field experience.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics) .
• Demonstrated software development experience and familiarity with back-end programming languages and technologies such as UNIX, Bash/ZSH, JVM, Python, and SQL.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiencies with data science platforms such as Matlab, R, and NumPy/Pandas/Jupyter.
• Detail oriented, ability both to work independently and part of an interdisciplinary team.

Appointment Type: Restricted

Salary Information: Commensurate with experience

Review Date: 5/19/2023

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

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If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Brittany Shelton at sheltb@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Advertised: May 3, 2023
Applications close: Open until filled