CareerPlan

Computational Scientist- HPC/AI Generalist

Chicago, ILFull-time$85k–$103k2026-09-08 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Develop software for data acquisition, ingestion, and integration; advise faculty on HPC, AI, and cloud technologies to accelerate multi-institutional research output.

Role type

Senior IC computational scientist (HPC/AI)

Builds

Scientific software, computational workflows, and research computing environments

Domain

Academic research computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence

Required skills

C++, C, Julia, Fortran, Python, Linux/UNIX, HPC job schedulers (Slurm), scientific software optimization, containers (Docker, Apptainer), Git, NumPy, SciPy, pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLM APIs

Preferred skills

PhD in relevant field, experience with AI coding assistants, GPU cluster benchmarking, translating scientific goals to computational requirements

Technologies

Slurm, Docker, Apptainer, Git, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Anthropic, OpenAI, Hugging Face

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize scientific software and workflows; troubleshoot and profile applications for CPU/GPU/memory/storage performance; advise researchers on HPC and AI tool usage; contribute to grant proposals; develop technical documentation and training materials.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC