Connectionists: Scientific Software Engineer or Data Scientist, deadline July 11th 2021, Salary level E13 TVL

[Jochem Rieger]

Dear colleagues,

we have an open DFG-funded position for 3+2 years for the development of 
data infrastructure including storage, streaming and analysis tools for 
reproducible science based on the BIDS standard at our Neuroimaging Unit 
at University of Oldenburg, Germany. Link to the announcment: 
https://uol.de/stellen?stelle=68111 Application deadline is July 11th 2021

The position is ideal for networking in the open science community as it 
includes workshop organization and interaction with the open 
(neuro)science community. It is complemented by a full time technician 
position for support. The salary level is E13. The exact salary is 
dependent on experience and family status. But the rough numbers re on 
the web.

The Neuroimaging Unit hosts a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI-scanner and a 306 
channel Triux MEG system. The university hosts a prestigious DFG-funded 
Cluster of Excellence in Hearing Research and the Dept. of Psychology 
was recently evaluated as excellent with the highest third party funding 
rate among psychologies in Lower Saxony.
The city of Oldenburg has a high standard of living, Hamburg, Bremen and 
the north sea are between 30 to 90 min distance.

We are looking forward to your application!

Best regards,

       Jochem

The Neuroimaging Unit and the Applied Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab at 
the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of 
Oldenburg is seeking to fill the position of a

*Scientific Software Engineer or Data Scientist (m/f/d)*

*(Salary level E13 TVL, 100%)*

**

for the development of open and reproducible neuroscience tools and 
processing pipelines*.*

The position is embedded in a DFG Core Facility grant and is 
available*as soon as possible**until 30^th of September 2023 (with the 
possibility to extend another 2,5 years after successful evaluation and 
extension of the project)*. The position is suitable for part-time work.

The Neuroimaging Unit hosts a state-of-the-art MEG (Elekta Triux) and an 
MRI (Siemens Prisma 3T) and is embedded in an excellent 
interdisciplinary scientific environment with a strong research focus on 
neurosensory, neurocognitive, and medical research.

The successful candidate is expected to actively perform research on and 
contribute to the implementation of a standardized neuroscience data 
acquisition, reproducible analysis pipelines and data storage for open 
science building on the BIDS standard. He/she should further contribute 
to community efforts and dissemination.

Candidates should have a strong motivation to contribute to the 
community of developers open science tools. The development can include 
scientific projects, as long as they fit into the research focus of the 
lab (machine learning in cognitive neuroscience, speech processeing, and 
human state monitoring) but tool and processing pipeline development 
comprises the main part of the position.

Candidates are expected to have an academic university degree (Master or 
equivalent) in the field of informatics, engineering, neuroscience or 
psychology and have shown their ability to perform excellent scientific 
work, demonstrated by an excellent publication record. Prior experience 
with the BIDS standard as well as its programming, experience with 
neuroimaging techniques and data analysis (especially fMRI or MEG/EEG) 
and fluency in English is required. Experience with open science tools 
and databases, other neurophysiological modalities, as well as knowledge 
of German are desirable.

The University of Oldenburg is dedicated to increase the percentage of 
female employees in the field of science. Therefore, female candidates 
are strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance to § 21 Section 3 NHG, 
female candidates with equal qualifications will be preferentially 
considered. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference in 
case of equal qualification.

Please send your application including a cover letter, CV, list of 
potential referees, links to recent publications and copies of 
certificates for academic grades to Prof. Dr. Jochem Rieger, Department 
of Psychology, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany; 
(jochem.rieger at uni-oldenburg.de 
<mailto:jochem.rieger at uni-oldenburg.de>). Electronic applications (one 
pdf file) are preferred. For inquiries please use the same contact. The 
application deadline is*11*th of July 2021**.


-- 
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jochem Rieger

Head of Applied Neurocognitive
Psychology
Faculty VI
Carl-von-Ossietzky University
26111 Oldenburg
Germany

Phone: +49(0)4417984533
Fax:   +49(0)4417983865

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