High Performance Compute (HPC) Software Engineer – HPC SW Systems

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

· Strong experience developing HPC or systems software on Linux.

· Proficiency in Java and/or C++ and/or other system-level or performance-oriented languages.

· Hands-on experience with parallel computing (MPI, OpenMP, multithreading).

Candidates with GPU computing (CUDA, ROCm, or equivalent) would be preferred.

· Solid understanding of HPC hardware fundamentals: CPUs, memory hierarchies, storage, networking (Ethernet / InfiniBand).

· Practical experience working with clusters, servers, or rack-scale systems in lab or production environments.

· Strong debugging skills across software, OS, and hardware boundaries.

· Experience with containerized HPC environments (Docker, Singularity/Apptainer, Kubernetes in HPC contexts).

· Familiarity with high-speed interconnects, storage architectures, and performance benchmarking.

· Exposure to rack integration, including cabling, power distribution, cooling, and system bring-up.

· Experience in semiconductor, manufacturing, or high-reliability systems environments.

· Ability to reason about system reliability, MTBF/MTBA, and failure modes in large compute installations.

· Work on mission-critical HPC platforms that directly impact semiconductor manufacturing capability.

· Influence both software architecture and physical system design, not just code in isolation.

· Collaborate with world-class experts across algorithms, hardware, systems, and operations.

· See your work deployed at scale in real production tools—not just in the data center.

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

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