ENGPROD, our team goals are to find ways to run through the data provided by the projects as fast and as economical as possible while obtaining the most credit for such work as possible, all the while contributing to the science and culmination of the various projects out there. Our expertise is mostly in the hardware needed and the optimization of the software to accomplish these goals. By being a contributor to the SETI@Home project, you will be sent data packets from the Aericibo antenna to have your computer analyze for candidate signals. As far as the program used to do this work, I'm not sure if it is open source or not. As JerWA stated in his reply, it is probably better to contact the project directly through the Berkeley campus to see if your special skills might be utilized by them to further the science. As far as being a part of SETI.USA, we would not want to discourage you from being a member of our team. On the contrary, your insight into the science and analysis of candidate signals would be a plus to the team and be very well appreciated. You also might find that by being part of the team you can get extra enjoyment by being part of the conversations and the exchange of ideas or taking part in some of the challenges the team gets involved in with other teams from around the globe.