CareerPlan

HPC Systems Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-13)Full-time$147k–$196k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Architect, deploy, and maintain large-scale High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure supporting national security missions and AI/ML workloads.

Role type

Senior HPC Systems Engineer

Builds

Large-scale GPU clusters, high-speed interconnects, and storage platforms for defense and research applications.

Domain

Defense technology / High Performance Computing / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

HPC cluster architecture, GPU hardware management (NVIDIA H100/H200/B200), InfiniBand/NVLink interconnects, Linux administration (RHEL/Ubuntu), systems automation (Ansible/Salt/Puppet), parallel file systems (Lustre/GPFS), job schedulers (Slurm/PBSPro), cloud HPC (AWS/Azure), physical server deployment.

Preferred skills

GPU virtualization (MIG), application stack management (PyTorch/TensorFlow/StarCCM+), security auditing.

Technologies

NVIDIA H100/H200/B200, InfiniBand/NDR, NVLink, Slurm, Warewulf, RunAI, Lustre, GPFS, Ansible, Salt, Puppet, AWS, Azure, CUDA, PyTorch, TensorFlow, StarCCM+, Ansys, Matlab, DCGM.

Responsibilities

Architect and deploy advanced GPU infrastructure; rack, stack, and configure physical servers and multi-node GPU systems; configure HPC environments and job schedulers; implement high-speed interconnects; manage large-scale storage platforms; install and maintain application stacks; troubleshoot system-wide performance issues; monitor GPU health and resolve bottlenecks; ensure infrastructure security; manage hardware lifecycle from procurement to deployment; provide technical guidance and mentorship.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with architectural leadership