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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">The EU FET Flagship Human Brain Project seeks a talented </div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Software Architect/Engineer (C++)</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">to strengthen its Neurorobotics team.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Please find the details at:</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Description</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Specific responsibilities include :</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Develop design and specification for a distributed, performance</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">optimized C++ middleware to connect various neural simulators with physics</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">based robotics and environment simulations and visualizations</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Refactor large C++ parallel tools and libraries targeting multiple</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Direct collaboration with BBP scientific and software development teams</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">as well as external collaborators</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Essential skills and experience required :</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Expert knowledge in modern C++ software design/implementation</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Extensive experience using UNIX/Linux operating systems</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Experience in software development targeting multiple operating systems</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">and architectures.</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Very good familiarity in software development life-cycle, such as</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">versioning (git), debugging, workflows, testing, QA</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Demonstrable expertise in distributed and/or parallel computing - MPI</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">especially</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Good team player and fluent English in speech and writing</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Willingness to travel</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Preferred :</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Experience with real-time systems/robotics/simulation environments</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Game engine development experience</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Experience in Python, the scientific software stack (numpy, scipy, Š),</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">and wrapping technologies (Boost.Python, Cython)</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Profile :</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, physics or equivalent</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Successful development track record making significant contributions to</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">software projects</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* Experience with software design and maintenance of medium-scale projects</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">What we offer :</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* An internationally visible and rising project in simulation-based</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">research in neuroscience using supercomputers and neuromorphic hardware</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">* A young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and international working</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Start date : 01.10.2013. Deadline for application: position open until</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Duration of contract : 1 year, renewable</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Activity rate : 100%</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">best wishes</div>
<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Marc-Oliver Gewaltig</div>
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