Career Opportunities in HPC at a Glance

Whether you are seeking a change of career, a post-doctoral position or career advancement, this site has a variety of offerings from universities and organizations located across the country and around the world. Each listing is posted for thirty days from its original posting date so be sure to gather all of the necessary information when you first see a posting that interests you so as not to miss it upon your return to this site.

HPC Systems Engineer III - Storage

Location: Boulder, CO
Hiring Institution: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Apply By: August 01, 2018
REQ#: 18161
Posted date: July 14, 2018


As part of the HPC Data Infrastructure Group (HDIG), this position will provide leadership and support for the Computational & Information Systems Laboratory's (CISL) high-performance storage systems, data archival systems, high-performance networks and data transfer services. The environment is composed of multi-vendor resources with numerous specialized hardware components and requires coordination and communication with the Supercomputing Services Group (SSG) and User Services Section (USS).

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Location: Fairfax, VA
Hiring Institution: George Mason University
Apply By: August 02, 2018
Posted date: July 14, 2018


The George Mason University, Office of Research Computing invites highly qualified candidates to apply for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will support the Office of Research Computing (ORC) by providing support to a diverse group of Mason researchers that need access to the ORC resources.

Assistant Managing Director

Location: Lubbock, TX
Hiring Institution: Texas Tech University
Apply By: August 09, 2018
Posted date: July 14, 2018


Assists the Managing Director with the management, directing and daily operations of all High Performance Computer Center (HPCC) services and resources. Supervise daily resource operations for the HPCC. Responsible for management and direction of supervised staff. Assist, as needed, with Advising research groups on campus as to the effectiveness of HPCC resources as well as encouraging these groups to apply for national resources. Assist with budget preparation for HPCC. Maintains working knowledge of high performance methods and technologies to provide guidance to technical staff. Assists with creation and approval of departmental policies and procedures for using HPC resources. May provide expert opinions to the CIO and the Assistant VP for IT on scientific computing and HPC. Establishes and maintains effective work relationships with a wide range of personnel at Texas Tech. Performs other duties as assigned by IT Divisional Leadership. Adheres to all appropriate Institutional policies (including IT OPs) and other relevant internal departmental policies.

Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Engineer

Location: Pscataway, NJ
Hiring Institution: Rutgers University
Apply By: August 14, 2018
Posted date: July 14, 2018


Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Engineer for the Office of Advanced Research Computing. The incumbent in this position works closely with world-class researchers at Rutgers University to enable optimal use of the university’s SDN environment, with responsibility for supporting researchers with data-intensive network requirements demanding optimal end-to-end performance and those who use the platform for network research.

Senior Level Linux Administrator

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8034
Posted date: July 20, 2018


The Department of Geosciences and the Princeton Institute for Computational Science & Engineering (PICSciE) have an opening for a Senior Level Linux Administrator/Software to support research computing by the faculty, researchers and students and to join the PICSciE/OIT Research Computing group. The Administrator has a dual reporting relationship to the Department Manager of Geosciences and to the Manager of Research Computing Systems and Storage, Office of Information Technology. The Department of Geosciences computing platform includes a Linux/UNIX based state of the art research facility.

Research Software Engineer - Molecular Biology

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8813
Posted date: July 20, 2018


Princeton University's Research Computing department is recruiting a Research Software Engineer to join the fast growing Research Software Engineering (RSE) Group in the Department of Molecular Biology. In the RSE Group, we collectively provide computational research expertise to multiple divisions within the University. As a central team of software experts, we are focused on improving the quality, performance, and sustainability of Princeton’s computational research software. Our group is committed to building collaborative environments in which the best software engineering practices are valued, and to sharing and applying cross-disciplinary computational techniques in new and emerging areas. In this position, you will be an integral member of multiple research teams focused on cutting-edge computational molecular biology and bioinformatics research. You will join teams of researchers associated with the Department of Molecular Biology to provide computational expertise in algorithm development and software design in order to create high-quality and sustainable research code.

Research Software Engineer - Politics and Sociology

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8814
Posted date: July 20, 2018


Princeton University's Research Computing department is recruiting a Research Software Engineer to join the fast growing Research Software Engineering (RSE) Group in the Department of Politics and the Department of Sociology. In the RSE Group, we collectively provide computational research expertise to multiple divisions within the University. As a central team of software experts, we are focused on improving the quality, performance, and sustainability of Princeton’s computational research software. Our group is committed to building collaborative environments in which the best software engineering practices are valued, and to sharing and applying cross-disciplinary computational techniques in new and emerging areas. In this position, you will be an integral member of multiple research teams focused on cutting-edge social science research. You will join teams of researchers associated with the Department of Politics and the Department of Sociology to develop efficient and scalable research code by providing computational expertise in algorithm development, selection, and optimization.

Research Software Engineer - Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Genomics

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8815
Posted date: July 20, 2018


Princeton University's Research Computing department is recruiting a Research Software Engineer to join the fast growing Research Software Engineering (RSE) Group in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. In the RSE Group, we collectively provide computational research expertise to multiple divisions within the University. As a central team of software experts, we are focused on improving the quality, performance, and sustainability of Princeton’s computational research software. Our group is committed to building collaborative environments in which the best software engineering practices are valued, and to sharing and applying cross-disciplinary computational techniques in new and emerging areas. In this position, you will be an integral member of multiple research teams focused on cutting-edge computational biology. You will join teams of researchers associated with a new Center for Computational Biology, the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and the Lewis-Sigler Institute (LSI) for Integrative Genomics to provide computational expertise in algorithm development and selection, code development, and optimization to create efficient and scalable research code.

Research Computing Cloud Architect

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8933
Posted date: July 20, 2018


Princeton University needs a Cloud Architect to do just that, working with world renowned researchers and leading-edge technology on campus and in the cloud, leveraging deep understanding of cloud technologies and operational considerations to transition researchers to cloud resources in multiple ways. If you are interested in joining the Princeton University Office of Information Technology (OIT) in the Research Computing Department to take this journey with us, then please apply for this role. The Research Computing department provides on-premises computational infrastructure totaling 3 TFLOPS, 6+ PB of high performance data storage, programming, training, and user support to enable research across the University. As a central team supporting our researchers, we work collaboratively with staff in academic departments to build an environment in which researchers can transition smoothly from individual devices, to departmental resources, to central resources, to regional and national resources. Our group is committed to building a collaborative environment respecting the knowledge and expertise of our team members and the researchers with whom we work to develop the best solutions for accelerating research in exciting leading edge scientific fields including high energy physics, computational biology, astrophysics, neuroscience, genomics, aerospace engineering, energy and the environment, politics, economics, data science, and computer science.

Research Software & Programming Analyst

Location: Princeton, NJ
Hiring Institution: Princeton University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 8972
Posted date: July 20, 2018


Princeton University is recruiting a programmer to join its research computing Software and Programming group. In the Software and Programming group, we provide computational expertise to help researchers from all disciplines get work done by removing barriers to success in research. Our group is committed to creating a collaborative environment in which the best software engineering practices are valued, and to sharing and applying cross-disciplinary computational techniques to new and emerging areas. In this position, you will be an integral member of a team focused on supporting the research computing community. You will guide users in their choice of systems, software and programming languages, as well as help users find solutions to their computing research problems. In this work, you will work closely with IT colleagues, and faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers to enable and accelerate their research computing efforts.

Research Computing Instruction Lead

Location: Morningside, NY
Hiring Institution: Columbia University
Apply By: August 20, 2018
REQ#: 9002
Posted date: July 20, 2018


The Columbia University Libraries seek a creative, entrepreneurial, and user service-oriented Research Computing Instruction Lead to provide vision and execution for developing a training program around new approaches to research with a focus on computational literacies and data science. Working closely with Information Technology (CUIT), the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR), and the Data Science Institute (DSI), the incumbent will identify training needs, promote related resources for graduate students, and develop a comprehensive program to support those needs. The Research Computing Instruction Lead will work with volunteer instructors to plan and facilitate workshops, boot camps, and events such as lectures and symposia. The incumbent will also oversee related consultative "office hour" services and web and marketing communications. In addition, the Research Computing Instruction Lead will maintain continuous relationships and communications channels with University-wide academic departments in order to survey leadership, faculty, and students about their ever-evolving needs for computational literacy and methods for meeting these expressed needs. The incumbent will supervise undergraduate and graduate student workers and serve as Columbia's representative on The Carpentries' membership council.

Scientific Computing Scientist

Location: Claremont, CA
Hiring Institution: Harvey Mudd College
Apply By: August 20, 2018
Posted date: July 20, 2018


The Scientific Computing Specialist will primarily work in close relationship with faculty, students and instructional staff at Harvey Mudd College, providing professional support in the use and integration of discipline-specific information technologies and tools into their teaching and research, with particular attention to engineering, mathematical, statistical, modeling, graphing and high performance computing tools; in the design, development, and implementation of course materials, learning modules, and course management software.

Postdoctoral Research Position Advanced Titanium Processing

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hiring Institution: The University of British Columbia
Apply By: August 30, 2018
Posted date: July 14, 2018


The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) invites applications for a full-time, postdoctoral fellowship on the advanced processing of titanium. This postdoctoral fellowship is funded by Titanium Metals Corp (TIMET) a world leading producer of titanium and titanium alloys with operations in the US, Britain and France. The successful applicant will be appointed within the Advance Materials Process Group in Materials Engineering at UBC and will be under the direct supervision of Professor Cockcroft.

Temporary Lecturer in Data Science Program

Location: San Diego, CA
Hiring Institution: University of California, San Diego
Apply By: December 17, 2018
Posted date: May 29, 2018


The UC San Diego Data Science Undergraduate Program (joint endeavor of the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics and Cognitive Science) is seeking temporary lecturers to teach between one and three course per quarter during 2018-19 academic year. We seek applicants in all content areas related to data science including data analysis, programming, statistics, machine learning and visualization.