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IRCAM is a leading non-profit organization of musical creation, R&D and
education in acoustics and music, located in the center of Paris (France), next
to the Pompidou Center.  It hosts composers, researchers and students from many
countries cooperating in contemporary music production, signal processing,
acoustics and psychoacoustics and their interrelations.  One position will
be available as from May to staff the support activities of the R&D department.

The candidate will perform debugging and QA, optimization and fine tuning,
customization (including major rewriting) and packaging of prototypical
in-house software and documentation for releases in house and to external
clients; porting of such software to different graphical platforms (e.g.,
from/to NeXTStep, X11/Motif, Mac, Windows); upgrades, releases and distribution
management; continued support of those packages in close contact with the
developpers.

This involves gaining an in-depth understanding of the software, its users and
their needs.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

o  Expert in C AND Common Lisp programming on Unix platforms of medium to
   large programs of quality.

o  Excellent skills in developpement in computer graphics and GUIs (at
   least one, preferably two, of X11/Motif, Windows and Macintosh).

o  Solid experience in porting software to different systems and platforms,
   customization and packaging, maintenance (version control, bug fixing).

o  High productivity, excellent programming style, stable and mature
   individual, adhering to specifications and delivery times.

o  Proven ability to produce accurate, usable technical documentation.

o  Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a heterogeneous
   environment (musicians, researchers, programmers).

ADDITIONAL HELPFUL EXPERIENCE

o  Experience in digital signal processing.

o  Experience in computer music, MIDI.

o  Additional programming experience with Macintosh and Windows Applications

o  Internet, TCP/IP, NFS site experience

o  Kernel and/or device driver programming

SALARY AND BENEFITS

The salary range is FFrs160,000-190,000/year approx. ($32,000-38,000).
Benefits include 6 weeks paid vacation and employer's participation in
medical insurance, meal plan and daily travel expenses; free entrance
to most French national museums, many discounts on concerts and other shows.

AVAILABILITY

Position is available in May.  ECC nationals/working EEC papers an asset.
Please send resume ADDRESSING THE ABOVE POINTS and detailed work experience
to the following address:

  			email:support@ircam.fr