Postdoc Position in Medical Device Software Process at Dundalk Institute of Technology

DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING AND MATHS Post Doctoral Research Fellow Position in Medical Device Software Process. Dundalk Institute of Technology is a dynamic, world class Institute that has developed an international reputation in both basic and applied research through its Research Centres. The Regulated Software Research Group is part of the Software Technology Research Centre within the School of Informatics, Music and Creative Media. Project Summary: Following a recent success in attracting grant income through the Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator Programme (grant number 08/IN.1/I2030), the Regulated Software Research Group (http://ww2.dkit.ie/research/rsrg) wishes to expand its team to research and develop a global software development framework for the medical device industry. The framework will promote the growth of the Irish medical device software industry through assisting medical device organizations to increase the efficiency of their software development processes and smooth their path to achieving regulatory compliance. Position: The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will play a central role in the team and will be responsible for software process model and roadmap development, deployment, evaluation and refinement. Additionally, the Post Doctoral Researcher will be expected to publish research papers in international journals and at leading international conferences. The post is immediately available and will be filled on a fixed term contract basis for a period of three and a half years. The salary scale for the post ranges from €40,000 to €49,195. However, the starting salary shall not exceed €42,436. Requirements: Applicants must hold an Honours degree, or equivalent, in a computing related discipline and must have recent relevant research experience. Applicants must also have or be about to submit a PhD in a Computing related discipline. Informal enquiries regarding the position can be directed to Fergal.McCaffery@dkit.ie . Application forms may be accessed on the DkIT online e-Recruitment system - visit http://ww2.dkit.ie/staff_and_admin/human_resource_department/vacancies. Shortlisting of candidates will be on the basis of information supplied. The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is 4.00pm on Friday, 9 October 2009. / Dundalk Institute of Technology is an equal opportunities employer./ -- Dr Fergal Mc Caffery + 353 42 9370522 fergal.mccaffery@dkit.ie SFI Principal Investigator and Stokes Lecturer Department of Computing and Maths Dundalk Institute of Technology http://ww2.dkit.ie/research/rsrg Member of Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (http://www.lero.ie/) Funded by Science Foundation Ireland (http://www.sfi.ie/)