3 COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST POSITIONS IN THE CCP4 PROJECT FOR MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT STFC RUTHERFORD-APPLETON LABORATORY, UK CCP4 (Collaborative Computational Project 4) is a large project with the aim of developing and maintaining state of the art analysis software for macromolecular crystallography (http://www.ccp4.ac.uk). The CCP4 software suite is distributed to over 500 academic and commercial sites around the world. In autumn 2009, the core STFC group of CCP4 is relocating from Daresbury Laboratory to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and will be housed in the newly built Research Complex at Harwell (http://www.rc-harwell.ac.uk). This will provide a stimulating environment adjacent to the Diamond Light Source and other developments. FBU259 LEAD COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST 3 YEAR FIXED TERM, SALARY RANGE £41,930 - £46,589 An experienced person is sought to provide scientific leadership to the core group, develop external collaborations and help define the future direction of CCP4. Responsibilities will include: * Day-to-day scientific direction of the core team * Independent software development projects relevant to CCP4 * Pursuing strong collaborations with Diamond Light Source staff * Contributing actively to the CCP4 educational and publicity programmes FBU260 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMER 3 YEAR FIXED TERM, SALARY RANGE £26,088 - £36,798 An experienced scientific programmer is required to contribute to the development of the next generation CCP4 graphical user interface and the underlying automation framework. The principal role will be to develop the framework for automated structure solution. In addition, the postholder will contribute to the associated GUI and database developments. The postholder will work closely with other CCP4 developers and collaborating scientists to ensure useability of the released software FBU258: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMER 3 YEAR FIXED TERM, SALARY RANGE £26,088 - £28,986 A scientific programmer is required to contribute to the core activities of the CCP4 team. Duties will include development of the code base, assisting with the public release of software, contributing to educational programmes and user support. The postholder will work closely with other members of the core team and collaborating developers. The CCP4 team contribute to several major development projects, and the postholder may be involved in these as appropriate. An excellent index linked pension scheme and generous leave allowance are also offered. For further information and how to apply: please visit www.scitech.ac.uk (the Careers section will take you to the recruitment site https://erecruit.cclrc.ac.uk/), telephone 01235 446677 or e-mail recruitment-...@rl.ac.uk quoting the relevant reference number. Informal enquiries may be made to Martyn Winn (martyn.w...@stfc.ac.uk). Closing date for applications is 26 Jun 2009 Interviews will be held between 16th and 24th July -- *********************************************************************** * * * Dr. Martyn Winn * * * * STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, U.K. * * Tel: +44 1925 603455 E-mail: martyn.w...@stfc.ac.uk * * Fax: +44 1925 603825 Skype name: martyn.winn * * URL: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/martyn/ * ***********************************************************************
