Job Opportunity

COMPUTER SCIENTIST/PROGRAMMER

The Neurosciences Institute, an independent, not-for-profit organization at the forefront of brain research located on Torrey Pines Mesa, has an immediate need for three full-time computer scientists/programmers.

Applicants will be working on one or more of the following projects:

(1) Developing algorithms and software and for parallel simulation of spiking neurons;

(2) Developing algorithms and software to interface neural simulations with sensors and actuators;

(3) Developing algorithms and software for using programmable GPUs to speed up simulations of spiking neurons.

All positions require three or more years experience in developing C/C++ applications in a POSIX environment and a demonstrated record of teamwork and cooperation on projects.

Applicants interested in opportunity (1) should have demonstrated experience with parallelization of mathematical algorithms in general, and a good understanding of the pthreads, socket communication, and MPI libraries in particular.

Applicants interested in opportunity (2) should have demonstrated experience in low-level device I/O in a POSIX environment. Experience in writing device drivers, implementing computer vision algorithms, and using pthreads, socket communication, and MPI libraries is highly desirable.

Applicants interested in opportunity (3) should have demonstrated experience in parallelization of mathematical algorithms in general and parallelization using GPUs in particular. Experience with CUDA programming is highly desirable.

Desirable, but not required: The ability to work on more than one of the projects listed above; experience in robotics, motion control, artificial neural networks, cognitive science, or neuroscience.

Additional duties for all three positions would include running scientific experiments involving neurally controlled robots, as well as writing software to analyze the data collected from such experiments.

For more information on these projects, please see the following links:

Brain-Based Devices

Large-Scale Simulation of the Human Brain

Salary is dependent upon relevant experience; a full benefit package is available. Send resumes to The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, California 92121 or e-mail to jobs3@nsi.edu