AI HPC Systems Engineer for Research Computing

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Job summary

Penn State University’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seeks a Research Computing Engineer to design, operate, and optimize GPU and AI computing infrastructure used by researchers across the university, along with the high-performance computing systems that support it.

The position will be filled at the Research Computing Systems Engineer - Advanced Professional level and requires on-site work at University Park with no remote option.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience administering multi-GPU compute nodes and GPU health tuning.
• Strong Linux, Bash, and Python scripting abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced research environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers and staff to diagnose and resolve compute, storage, and network issues.
• Monitor, automate, and improve AI/HPC systems and infrastructure.
• Design and deploy systems with DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Support GPU-accelerated workloads for AI and scientific computing.
• Maintain documentation and ensure security/compliance for federal research environments.
• Contribute to planning and readiness for new services and infrastructure.

Skills

Multi-GPU nodes management

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

DevOps / IaC

Team collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Kubernetes

xCAT

OpenStack/Bifrost

Docker

GPFS/Lustre storage experience

Job description

Penn State University’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seeks a Research Computing Engineer to design, operate, and optimize GPU and AI computing infrastructure used by researchers across the university, along with the high-performance computing systems that support it.

The position will be filled at the Research Computing Systems Engineer - Advanced Professional level and requires on-site work at University Park with no remote option.