<html><head></head><body><div><b>A post-doctoral position in the field of electronic-structure software development is available at IOM-CNR, Trieste, Italy. </b></div><div><br></div><div>The position, funded by the MaX - Materials at the exascale EU Horizon2020 Centre of Excellence, is for one year, renewable for another year. Requirements include a PhD in a scientific discipline and research experience in computer simulations and/or in scientific software programming. Experience with density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, especially with the plane wave-pseudopotential method, is a plus.</div><div><br></div><div>The successful candidate will work on the Quantum ESPRESSO software distribution in one or more of the following topics, depending upon his/her skill set:</div><div>- development of new methods and algorithms for advanced DFT functionals;</div><div>- refactoring and modularisation of the code basis, notably for first-principle molecular dynamics, linear response, computational spectroscopy;</div><div>- porting of Quantum ESPRESSO new heterogeneous accelerated architectures (e.g., GPUs);</div><div>- improvement of Quantum ESPRESSO user experience, users’ and developers’ documentation, testing.</div><div><br></div><div>The work requires coordination and interactions with the Quantum ESPRESSO users' and developers' community and with the MaX EU Centre of Excellence.</div><div><br></div><div>The official announcement and forms are available at the following link: <a href="https://bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-assegni/documentazione/9530_DOC_IT.pdf">https://bandi.urp.cnr.it/doc-assegni/documentazione/9530_DOC_IT.pdf</a></div><div>(English version at page 10 and 17-21). </div><div><br></div><div>Interested people, including those not satisfying all requirements, may contact <b>Paolo Giannozzi</b> <<a href="mailto:paolo.giannozzi@uniud.it">paolo.giannozzi@uniud.it</a>> for more information.</div></body></html>