This is a 50% Contract position for one year. This appointment may be extended or converted to career status based on the needs of the department.
DESCRIPTION
The Mission of the San Diego Supercomputer Center is to translate innovation into practice. SDSC adopts and partners on innovations in industry and academia in the areas of software, hardware, computational and data sciences, and related areas, and translates them into cyberinfrastructure that solves practical problems across any and all scientific domains and societal endeavors. Cyberinfrastructure refers to an accessible, integrated network of high-performance computing, data, and networking resources and expertise, focused on accelerating scientific inquiry and discovery. With more than 250 employees and $30-50M of revenue a year, SDSC is a global leader in the design, development, and operations of cyberinfrastructure.
SDSC supports hundreds of multidisciplinary programs spanning a wide variety of domains, from earth sciences and biology to astrophysics, bioinformatics, and health IT. SDSC presently operates multiple large HPC systems ranging from a 120k x86 CPU core general purpose system to a system explicitly designed for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and a nationally distributed system open for all of academia to integrate with. SDSC offers research data services across the entire vertical stack from universally scalable storage to consulting services on FAIR, Big Data, and AI. SDSC offers a rich set of cloud services both on-premise, in the commercial cloud, and as hybrid services across both.
SDSC has three geographic scopes, a national scope supporting cyberinfrastructure for the entire US research and education community, a California scope with a special focus on convergence research that addresses the three dominant threats to CA: Drought, Fire, Earthquakes, and a campus scope focusing on advancing the global impact of SDSC by advancing the research objectives of the UC San Diego faculty, researchers, and students. SDSC impacts researchers at scales from 1,000’s to Millions. SDSC annually trains thousands of researchers in cyberinfrastructure tools and software, and supports thousands of individual researchers via Unix accounts on its large HPC systems. SDSC was a leader developing the Science Gateway concept, and continues to be a global leader in its evolution. SDSC operates multiple major such gateways with user communities ranging from the tens of thousands to the millions. SDSC’s educational programs includes online courses that have been attended by more than a million students.
SDSC is committed to democratizing access to cyberinfrastructure across all of its geographic scopes. SDSC strives towards a culture that supports our employees to be their best, achieve their goals, and enjoy their lives, both professionally and personally.
At SDSC, the Cyberinfrastructure and Convergence Research and Education (CI-CORE) Division combines broad expertise in cyberinfrastructure with deep, domain specific expertise in AI-enabled science to build use-inspired solutions to grand societal challenges at scale with partners in research communities, practical communities, and industry. The Division is committed to providing online, post-doctoral, and experiential education opportunities with a focus on broadening participation for underrepresented groups.
The Product Development Professional will use their skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of product / service development practices to resolve a wide range of issues. The incumbent will possess the ability to manage the development of products / services / enhancements of diverse scope, size, impact and budget and demonstrate sound judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions to design, financial, marketing, or administrative problems.
Additionally, they will engage users, domain scientists, and funders with products to improve and develop scalable computing and software solutions to emerging, complex social problems such as wildfire prediction products. Identifies and appraises viewpoints and needs of a variety of stakeholders to inform product performance and planning. They will also discuss technical specifications and processes involved with lab scientists, observes demonstrations in the field, and interacts with users and funders.
The incumbent will also define improvements and future directions for products and research and scan the market for organizations providing related products and services, as well as identify, synthesize, and share best practice learnings. They will actively promote and lead enhancements to services/products based on learnings and generate both technical and lay progress reports, and creates multi-media outputs designed to contextualize and explain the product to a variety of stakeholders.
This role will demonstrate a deep understanding of product customization/configuration and may work on integration with other software systems in order to support the organization. The position will conduct research to stay abreast of current updates on the product, analyze data to inform decision making and will prepare detailed specifications for new projects with timelines, budgets, scope of work and requirements.
The incumbent will create professional media and outreach documents to strategically represent the lab and its achievements. In collaboration with lab leadership, they will use scientific understanding of computing processes and involvement in project work streams to identify major scientific progress. Teams and projects will span the substantive teams of the lab, bringing together insights that translate science and lab achievement to scientific, lay, and bureaucratic audiences.
For more information, please visit www.sdsc.edu.
QUALIFICATIONS
Proven experience with dynamic science communication and experiential learning initiatives in societal computing.
Demonstrated experience creating and showcasing technology through case studies, videos and interactive platforms.
Demonstrated experience working with data and domain and computer scientists as well as non-expert audiences.
Demonstrated ability to identify key issues critical to the organization's need and the success of a desired product, service and enhancement.
Strong written communications skills to draft clear, concise documentation, reports and specifications.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
- Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.
Pay Transparency Act
Annual Full Pay Range: $88,000 - $161,600 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)
Hourly Equivalent: $42.15 - $77.39
Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
