Duties and Responsibilities: The University of Minnesota Informatics Institute (UMII) seeks a skilled, PhD-level staff scientist to serve the MR Neuroimaging research community at the University of Minnesota. The successful candidate is expected to: (1) carry out consultations with researchers across the University and serve in the role of a staff scientist who provides technical assistance across multiple research groups; (2) provide technical and analytic support in designing and supporting neuroimaging analysis pipelines that will be run on platforms of the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI); (3) appropriately document work so that researchers are able to prepare grants, research papers and reports based on the analysis; (4) simultaneously support different versions of analysis tools that might require different libraries and operating system versions; (5) develop new computational environments, such as Docker, for major neuroimaging analysis platforms (AFNI, FSL, etc.) in the HPC environment at MSI; and (6) build computational workflows that scale and work across a broad range of file system storage.
The successful candidate will join a growing group of imaging analysts in the University of Minnesota Informatics Institute. The Imaging Informatics Manager at the University of Minnesota Informatics Institute will serve as the supervisor. On a daily basis, the analyst will work closely with MR neuroimaging researchers, and staff at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.
This position is also posted as a Researcher 3, Assistant Scientist, (minimum required qualification: Bachelor's degree) under Job Opening 319899.
Required:
• Doctoral degree in a science or engineering field
• Background in scientific image processing, analysis or multi-dimensional signal processing
• Experience in MR neuroimaging image analysis (fMRI, DWI, structural)
• Have proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, MATLAB, Java, C++, …)
• Be familiar with the Linux operating system
• Have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Be able to articulate processes verbally and in writing
• Be highly motivated to learn new technical skills
• Significant research experience and ability to work independently
• Experience working in a team environment with people with diverse expertise
• Publications, software, or grant applications demonstrating creativity and independence
Preferred:
• Experience in medical image analysis
• Experience with container technology, such as Docker
• Experience in HPC environments
• Experience with neuroimaging analysis software packages such as FSL, AFNI, SPM
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