[Remote] Teaching Assistant - C2QA QIS101 Virtual Summer Program

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Brookhaven National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary laboratory focused on advancing science and technology. They are seeking a Teaching Assistant for their Virtual Summer Program to support students in understanding course materials and completing lab assignments while leading workshops and evaluating student progress.


Responsibilities

  • Directly support assigned students during each session. Ensure students successfully complete every lab assignment
  • Evaluate and submit written grades for assigned student’s solutions to every task in the course using a rubric of output correctness, accuracy, precision, efficiency, and runtime speed compared to the approved solutions
  • Take, track, and report on the attendance of assigned students for all sessions of the program, tracking student arrival time and full attendance throughout each session
  • Serve as the first point of contact to respond to technical questions (via 1:1 Zoom chat) from assigned students in parallel and cadence with Instructor delivery of course material
  • Lead assigned, syllabus allocated, informal sessions titled “TA Time” via Zoom breakout rooms designed to allow students to collaborate, complete assignments, and explore extensions of hands-on labs
  • Assist assigned students in the download, installation, and operation of QIS101 software development tools and Python virtual environment application each student computer
  • Remotely debug Python code their assigned students have written that is not compiling or running correctly using Zoom
  • Each SA-V must be completely familiar with the learning objectives and lab assignments for every session of the program. SA-Vs will attend every session, complete every lab assignment, and upload solutions for evaluation, feedback, and collaboration with program Instructor

Skills

  • Active enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate level degree program in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related. The candidate may not exceed 1 semester past graduation from their program
  • Expert skills at debugging and writing Python code using industry best practices for software development
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Ability to speak clearly, simply, and patiently with students who may be non-native English speakers and have limited initial skills
  • Must strongly desire to educate, mentor, and inspire junior colleagues to help them master new QIS skills
  • Available for compensated overtime to meet with assigned students for materials review, code troubleshooting, and mentoring
  • Python 3.11+ and be familiar with creating and managing virtual environments for Python using Conda and Pip
  • Experience using an integrated development environment such as Visual Studio Code, PyCharm, or Thonny
  • Knowledge of command line interfaces (Apple iTerm2, Windows PowerShell, Linux shells, etc.) to manipulate files and folders
  • Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, or Google Drive
  • Previously completed courses in linear algebra, trigonometry, probability and statistics, multivariable calculus, differential equations, and complex analysis. Ideally, the incumbent will have taken a course in quantum mechanics

Company Overview

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory is a multi-purpose research institution focused on questions in basic and applied science. It was founded in 1947, and is headquartered in Upton, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.bnl.gov/.

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