HPC & Edge Infrastructure Architect

CultureMill Recruiting; Los Angeles (CA); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

CultureMill Recruiting represents a cutting-edge hard-tech company in Los Angeles building AI-driven factories for rockets and frontier hardware. We seek an HPC & Edge Infrastructure Architect to design a compute backbone for flagship sites and scale to a global platform.

You will architect real-time, edge-enabled GPU clusters, secure on-prem and cloud infrastructure, and ensure compliance with ITAR and NIST 800-171 while leading a small, capable team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise-level data center engineering experience.
• Hands-on with CPUs, GPUs, servers and storage.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with InfiniBand or high-bandwidth interconnects.
• Experience with edge compute for hardware-centric operations.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-171 and ITAR compliance.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Architect and scale edge compute and storage systems for real-time ML on the factory floor.
• Lead design, deployment, and operation of on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Design and run networking infrastructure with high-bandwidth interconnects.
• Optimize and manage virtualization and containerization platforms.
• Own security across data, systems, and infrastructure, with audits and vulnerability assessments.
• Keep infrastructure compliant with NIST 800-171 and ITAR.
• Scale footprint site by site with cost and resource efficiency.

Connaissances

Data center engineering

Edge compute

On-prem cloud infra

Heterogeneous compute

InfiniBand interconnects

Containerization

Security & compliance

Outils

InfiniBand

NVLink

Description du poste

The most advanced hardware in the world is being held back by how it gets made. Our client is fixing that. From their facility at the heart of LA's hard-tech corridor, they're building AI-driven factories that produce precision components for rockets, defense systems, and the next generation of frontier hardware. Their platform combines proprietary production hardware with real-time sensing, machine learning, and on-site GPU compute, so the factory sees, learns, and corrects as every part is built. Backed by top-tier investors including NVIDIA, the company is past proof-of-concept: demand outpaces capacity, and the team is scaling fast.

As an HPC & Edge Infrastructure Architect you'll architect and build the compute and connectivity backbone for a new class of AI-driven factories. Every production node runs dense GPU clusters and generates massive, high-frequency data streams that have to be processed in real time at the edge. You'll design systems that span heterogeneous CPU/GPU compute, high-bandwidth interconnects, and distributed data platforms, supporting both real-time control loops and petabyte-scale data processing. You'll start with a single flagship site and scale it into a globally distributed platform. No manufacturing background required.

What You'll Do

• Architect and scale edge compute and storage systems that power real-time machine learning on the factory floor and hold petabytes of physics data for training and inference
• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of on-prem and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on availability, scalability, and security
• Design and run the networking infrastructure, including high-bandwidth interconnects like InfiniBand and NVLink, with robust connectivity and performance across every layer
• Optimize and manage virtualization and containerization platforms
• Own security across data, systems, and infrastructure, including regular audits and vulnerability assessments
• Keep infrastructure compliant with standards such as NIST 800-171 and ITAR
• Scale with cost and resource efficiency in mind as the footprint grows site by site

Who You Are

• 5+ years of enterprise-level data center engineering experience (10+ years of overall industry experience a plus)
• Hands-on with heterogeneous compute infrastructure: CPUs, GPUs, servers, and storage
• Strong command of both on-prem and cloud infrastructure
• Bonus: InfiniBand or similar high-bandwidth interconnects, and high-speed data systems
• Bonus: edge compute for hardware-centric operations such as ground stations, IoT, or industrial sites
• Bonus: scaling infrastructure inside a fast-growing startup
• Bonus: working knowledge of NIST 800-171, ITAR, and related compliance frameworks
• A strong leader and communicator who makes sound calls under ambiguity
• Able to work on-site in Los Angeles five days a week, and a U.S. person (U.S. citizen or green card holder) per ITAR requirements