Job summary

SCM, a scientific software company located in Amsterdam and operating in
the area of computational quantum chemistry and materials science, is
about to receive a grant from  the EU for a 4-year collaboration with
Prof. Heine's group at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany  to develop new
methods for quantum simulations of nanoscale systems. 

A 4-year position will be created at SCM for an [experienced] scientific
software developer with a PhD degree in a relevant field. Permanent
employment at SCM in Amsterdam is envisaged, though not guaranteed,
afterwards.

The 1st and 4th years will be spent in Amsterdam and years 2 and 3 in Bremen. 
An intensive collaboration with the Heine group is part of the job. 
The developer's tasks will include a mixture of development,
implementation, testing, porting, documenting, and debugging work,
primarily in SCM's new software programs dealing with thousands of
atoms.

Job requirements

Requirements:
* The key point: excellent programming skills - experience in writing
  modular, reusable, efficient quality code is crucially important

* Willingness to work for two years in Prof. Heine's group in Bremen and
  return for (at least) one year to Amsterdam afterwards

* Experience in quantum chemistry, electronic structure theory (DFT or
  approximate methods), and/or molecular dynamics

* Ph.D. degree in relevant field (e.g. computational physics, materials
  science, or quantum chemistry), with preferably a few years of postdoc
  experience (more experienced candidates may also be considered) 
  with focus on method and software development

* Good written and verbal communication skills in the English
  language

Desirable additional knowledge and experience:

* Experience with programming in a team, in a large-scale software
  package (>100,000 lines of code)

* Working knowledge of Fortran(90)

* Experience with one or more of: high-performance computing, parallel
  programming, GPGPU programming, linear scaling methods

* Knowledge of DFTB or semi-empirical methodology, or hybrid methods such
  as QM/MM

* Experience in methods for dynamics simulations

* Knowledge of ADF or BAND (especially source code)

* Technical skills (UNIX, scripting languages, debugging, etc.)
* Willingness to occassionally travel for ADF promotion and being capable
  of properly representing ADF at such events (e.g. workshop)

* Team player, with good two-way communication skills, highly
  self-motivated and able to work independently with excellent time
  management skills.

What we offer: The position is available immediately, with some
flexibility concerning the starting date. 

Salary and secondary benefits (including pension fund, 30+ holidays/year)
will be competitive, with the two years in Bremen being compensated
according to attractive EU conditions including mobility allowances etc.

Tax benefits (30% of salary tax-free) should be available for a
successful candidate from abroad. 

This is a full-time position in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Bremen,
Germany. 

A qualified candidate may be offered - during the two years in Bremen - a
position as junior group leader to independently supervise graduate
students and carry out research according to the QUASINANO project.

Full information available at the SCM web site:
http://www.scm.com/News/DeveloperJob.html

Those interested in this position are encouraged to contact Dr. Stan
van Gisbergen, SCM's Chief Executive Officer (vangisbergen at scm dot com,
tel: +31-20-5987626) for further information. Job applications can be
sent by E-mail to the same address until February 28, 2010, but
preferably sooner. Applications should contain a CV, a letter explaining
the motivation for applying and, if applicable, a list of publications. 
References may be requested at a later stage.