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The Systems Neuroscience of Psychopathology (SNP) laboratory at Harvard University is seeking a Full-time or Part-time Research Technician for an exciting large-scale project aimed at understanding how genes affect the brain to influence risk for addiction, aggression, and antisocial behavior. *Responsibilities* The Research Technician's primary responsibilities will include: 1) Implementing and maintaining an automated processing pipeline for a large multimodal imaging study comprised of multiple functional tasks, DTI, resting-state data, and radioligand PET; 2) programming new behavioral and fMRI tasks, and all necessary data analysis and data management scripts; 3) Organizing demographic, behavioral, and imaging data into a secure database (e.g. REDcap, XNAT), 4) general lab computing and network administration (including data management and archiving) *Requirements* B.A., B.S. or equivalent with background in experimental psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, engineering or related field. Candidates should excellent technical abilities, exceptional programming skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, Perl and/or other scripting languages) and comfort with diverse computing environments. In addition, the successful applicant will have significant prior hands-on experience acquiring and analyzing human neuroimaging imaging data using commonly available statistical packages (e.g. SPM, FSL, AFNI, BrainVoyager), as well as significant prior experience with task presentation software (e.g. E-prime, Presentation, Psychophysics Toolbox). Proficiency with statistical analysis and analytic software (e.g. SPSS, STATA, SAS) will also confer an advantage. Strong interpersonal skills, excellent technical abilities, prior research experience, and a high level of organization with careful attention to detail are absolutely required. Demonstrable pre-existing interest in cognitive/affective neuroscience is highly desirable. Graphic design skills would also be considered a plus, but are not required for consideration. This position requires a high degree of motivation and self-sufficiency, although training and supervision will be provided. U.S. Citizenship is required for this position. *Details* To apply, please email a brief cover letter describing relevant experience, research interests and career goals, CV and contact information to Dr. Joshua Buckholtz (Director, SNPlab) at [log in to unmask]* * All formal offers will be made by Harvard FAS Human Resources. This is a two-year term position that is based in the Department of Psychology, with renewal dependent upon continuation of funding. Applications for both Full and Part-time will be considered. Expected start date: late summer/early fall 2011. This is an excellent and unique opportunity for a motivated individual to gain experience with cutting-edge neuroscience in preparation for a graduate career.