UK Research and Innovation - STFC

UK SBS IT18137 UK Research and Innovation - STFC ESS Data Reduction and Instrument Control Developer

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Specialist role: Developer
Summary of the work: STFC’s is delivering data streaming software for the European Spallation Source. The developer will be responsible for developing high performance scientific data reduction software as part of the international team. This is a lead developer role for the project and includes some aspects of work and project management
Latest start date: Monday 9 July 2018
Expected contract length: Up to 2 years
Location: South West England
Organisation the work is for: UK Research and Innovation - STFC
Maximum day rate: £800 excluding VAT

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: You will be working with the ISIS data reduction /Mantid team (developers), the international ESS team (developers and scientists), and report to the ISIS Computing Group Leader and ESS Computing group leaders
What the specialist will work on: STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility is delivering data streaming software for the European Spallation Source as part of the UKs in-kind contribution. The developer will be responsible for developing high performance scientific data reduction software for ESS and ISIS as part of the international team developing software for ESS. This is a lead developer role for the project and includes some aspects of work and project management

Address where the work will take place: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX Some travel to international sites including ESS (Copenhagen, Denmark and Lund, Sweden) may be required
Working arrangements: Monday to Friday 8:30 start, to fit in with the international team meetings

7.5 hours day + lunch

Expenses for travelling to other sites will be in line with public sector restrictions and expectations and UK Research and Innovation / STFC Policies
Security clearance: Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience: Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise of the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS

modern C++(>C++11) development on Linux, Windows and OS x

and neutron diffraction and spectroscopy data analysis in software project management within the big science domain

developing scientific data analysis software

and Python scripting skills

and unit, integration and performance testing

and using CI tools (ideally Jenkins)

and of working with large codebases and distributed teams in developing against hdf5, specifically the NeXuS format

and of using EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) or equivalent

and using expression templates for linear algebra (Eigen or equivalent)
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise of the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS

with cross-platform native build generators (CMake or equivalent)

with mocking frameworks in native c++ (GMock or equivalent)

with unit test frameworks for c++ (GTest or equivalent)

with microbenchmarking frameworks (Google Benchmark or equivalent)

of developing scientific software at a neutron scattering or x-ray facility

in C++ development for high-performance applications

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise of the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS
of developing software in a scientific environment
of developing software in an internationally distributed team

Assessment methods

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

70%

Cultural fit

10%

Price

20%

1. What is the IR35 Status: This is unable to be determined at this time as it is possible for contractors who are both in and out of scope of the off payroll working rules to be engaged through DOS. The successful supplier / contracting authority will need to check the status in accordance with the HMRC online tool prior to contract commencement. A link to this tool can be found here: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-employment-status-for-tax/setup