Scientific Programmer - Psychological and Brain Sciences

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, or equivalent education and relevant experience.

 Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience using Unix shell scripting and Python to accomplish scientific computing tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to use shared code repositories with version control.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to clearly document code.
• Demonstrated interest or experience in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, neuroimaging, human cognitive neuroscience, or bioinformatics. This can be demonstrated though through prior coursework, relevant research experience, work experience in related fields, and/or interest in pursuing advanced research or graduate training in psychology, neuroimaging, computational sciences, or bioengineering.

Desired Qualifications:

• One year of prior research experience. Preferably in cognitive psychology, biology, neuroimaging, or neuroscience.
• Experience with neuroimaging data analyses, including MRI. 
• Experience with high-performance computational cluster.
• Experience in teaching computer programming.
   

The pay grade for this position is 3B. For more information please visit https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/guide-pay-plans.

For additional job details and to apply please visit https://jobs.uiowa.edu/ and access requisition #21005295.

To be considered for an interview, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a "relevant file" to the submission. 

This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check and export control screening. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. 

The Department and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are strongly committed to diversity; the strategic plans of the University and College reflect this commitment.  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.  The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.