From: HF.GEM@forsythe.stanford.edu (Gladys Morales)
Newsgroups: ba.jobs.offered
Subject: Programmer Systems/Scientific (2 positions)  Stanford University
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:12:56 GMT
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA

Stanford University has an immediate need for two programmers to
support the Solar Oscillations Investigation - Michelson Doppler
Imager.  This NASA-sponsored project is developing a space flight
instrument and ground data systems to study the sun using
helioseismology techniques.

Position: Programmer Systems III/IV
(Please Make Reference to Job Req. # J921139-KSD)
(Job Classification: C07/C08)

The Solar Oscillations Investigation has an opening for a Systems
Programmer supporting space-based research in solar physics.
Responsibilities of the Systems Programmer will be to design and
develop a processing and data management subsystem for a computing
facility which will process several terabytes a year of science
data.
Duties will include:  develop scheduling and processing control
system; refine specifications for processing of multi-terabyte data
set and management of a multi-gigabyte database; develop
system-level support for data access; develop data and data-media
specifications for storage, transmission, and export; develop data
structures, file formats and interchange software; develop data
manipulation routines to incorporate into scientific software;
develop SQL and embedded SQL routines to administer the data
catalog; develop software tools for local and network access to a
multi-terabyte database; implement software quality assurance
procedures.  This position involves supervisory responsibilities for
assigning and overseeing the work of programmers.

Qualified candidates will have a BS or MS degree in Computer
Science, Mathematics or Physics or related field. For consideration
at the Programmer IV level, the candidate must have extensive
experience, typically 5 to 10 or more years, with Unix, C, and SQL .
Experience with mass storage subsystems, large relational
databases, parallel processing, and space science applications is
desired.  Supervisory duties include recruiting, hiring, and
evaluating staff.  Supervisory
Supervisory responsibility requires that the employee knows and
applies sound and effectively implements the University's
Affirmative Action Program.


Position: Programmer Scientific III
(Please Make Reference to Job Req. # J921137-KSD)
(Job Classification C07)

The Solar Oscillations Investigation has an opening for a Scientific
Programmer supporting space-based research in solar physics.
Responsibilities of the Scientific Programmer will be to participate
in development of data reduction and analysis code.

Duties will include:  decoding of raw telemetry data, data
calibration, transformation and additional analysis; support
management of existing ground-based and instrumental calibration
data; perform verification and testing of scientific algorithms in
collaboration with scientists; perform data reduction for testing
and verification; participate in the integration and maintenance of
codes and packages; help develop and manage an analysis library for
in-house and contributed procedures; participate in the development
and implementation of database management procedures;
design user interfaces to data access procedures; augment existing
and help develop needed analysis toolsets for use prior to and
during the SOI mission; and help develop the exploratory analysis
environment to be used during the SOI mission.

Qualified candidates should have experience equivalent to a BS
degree in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related
field. Experience with  Unix and C programming is required.
Experience with Fortran, SQL, large relational databases, and image
and/or signal processing techniques is desired.

If you have interest in participating on a team of researchers
engaged in pioneering space-based science, send your cover letter
and resume to:

Human Resources Services
855 Serra St.,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6110.

Or you can EMail your resume to account:
margie@quake.stanford.edu

An Equal Opportunity Employer through Affirmative Action.