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High-Performance Computing (HPC) Engineer

El Segundo, CA, US💼 Full-time💰 $135,200–$135,200🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, implement, and optimize High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters for on-premises and cloud environments to support mission-critical technical analysis for national space assets.

Role type

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (HPC Infrastructure)

Builds

Classified and unclassified HPC clusters (10,000-core and 5,000-core), GPU computing environments, and automation solutions.

Domain

Aerospace / Defense / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

Infrastructure

Required skills

Linux system administration, HPC cluster management, Slurm scheduler, Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, GPU computing (CUDA), automation scripting, security hardening

Preferred skills

Kubernetes integration, Lustre file systems, Prometheus/Grafana monitoring, cloud HPC services (AWS ParallelCluster), containerization

Technologies

Slurm, Clush, CUDA, Nsight, Ansible, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, Lustre, AWS ParallelCluster

Responsibilities

Manage on-premise classified and unclassified HPC clusters; optimize resource utilization and performance; develop automation solutions; implement GPU computing; monitor and tune system performance; harden Linux systems for security compliance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership/mentorship responsibilities

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