CareerPlan

HPE Labs - Postdoctoral Research Associate: Optical Switching Hardware Simulation for HPC

Milpitas, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$99k–$150k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Architect and develop simulators and simulation tools for photonics hardware (Optical Circuit Switches and interconnects) and develop HPC workloads to evaluate and optimize these tools.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Photonics/Hardware Simulation)

Builds

Simulation tools for optical switching hardware and HPC workloads for evaluation

Domain

High Performance Computing networking, Photonics hardware, Computer Architecture

Required skills

Hardware simulation, Systems programming, Software engineering, Research and development, Innovation and technology transfer, Rapid problem understanding, Deep ecosystem knowledge, Independent and team collaboration, Written and verbal communication, English mastery

Preferred skills

Git and GitHub, C++ application development, Sandia's Structural Simulation Toolkit (SST), Photonics hardware simulation, Distributed programming (MPI or SHMEM), Virtualization (Docker)