HPC Training Specialist, Frontier, NSCC

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR) in Singapore seeks an HPC Training Specialist to build and develop the HPC community, ensuring a sustainable pool of talent for multi-million-dollar supercomputers used across AI, climate and material science.

You will design courses, deliver hands-on workshops, and collaborate with HPC centers to advance an education framework while reaching out to researchers and providing frontline user support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer science, Education, Engineering, or relevant area.
• Ideally, at least 3 years of experience in technical training, HPC user support, or scientific research.

Responsibilities

• Curriculum Design: Collaborate with performance engineers and domain specialists to design tailored training courses that address user needs and system capabilities.
• Training Delivery: Organize and conduct hands-on HPC workshops, teaching best practices for job submission, parallel programming, and system utilization.
• Framework Development: Work with local and international HPC centres to build an internationally recognized HPC education framework.
• Community Outreach: Lead outreach activities to increase awareness and adoption of HPC in Singapore.
• User Support: Provide frontline HPC advice to users and develop self-help resources (guides, wikis, tutorials).
• Benchmarking & Analysis: Assist in analysing user proficiency gaps to refine training strategies.

Skills

Linux environments

Job schedulers

Shell scripting

HPC software stacks

MPI/OpenMP/CUDA

Python

C/C++/Fortran

Containerization

Communication

Instructional Design

Service Orientation

Education

Bachelor degree in computer science, Education, Engineering, or relevant area

Tools

Git

Job description

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the team responsible for Singapore new supercomputer. As our HPC Training Specialist, you will build and develop the HPC community. Your work will ensure a sustainable pool of HPC talent in Singapore, supporting the proficient use of multi-million-dollar supercomputers running at peak performance and efficiency for all Singapore key research domains from AI to climate and material science. This is a unique opportunity to tackle diverse challenges in HPC and talent development, contributing to the science and technology advancements in Singapore.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Curriculum Design:Collaborate with performance engineers and domain specialists to design tailored training courses that address user needs and system capabilities.
• Training Delivery:Organize and conduct hands-on HPC workshops, teaching best practices for job submission, parallel programming, and system utilization.
• Framework Development:Work with local and international HPC centres to build an internationally recognized HPC education framework.
• Community Outreach:Lead outreach activities to increase awareness and adoption of HPC in Singapore.
• User Support:Provide frontline HPC advice to users and develop self-help resources (guides, wikis, tutorials).
• Benchmarking & Analysis:Assist in analysing user proficiency gaps to refine training strategies.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree in computer science, Education, Engineering, or relevant area.
• Ideally, at least 3 years of experience in technical training, HPC user support, or scientific research.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HPC Fundamentals:Solid understanding of Linux environments, job schedulers, and shell scripting.
• Development Stack:Familiarity with HPC software stacks and parallel programming concepts (MPI/OpenMP/CUDA).
• Programming:Proficiency in Python; familiarity with C/C++ or Fortran is a plus.
• Containerization:Knowledge of container technologies for reproducible research.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Communication:Exceptional presentation and public speaking skills; ability to simplify complex technical concepts.
• Instructional Design:Ability to create engaging training materials and hands-on exercises.
• Service Orientation:A strong desire to help researchers succeed and build a collaborative community.