Senior HPC System Architect — Exascale & Scale-Out Leader

Intel Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation seeks an HPC System Architect to lead the next generation of high-performance computing systems. You will own system-level architecture from concept to definition, collaborate with CPU and GPU teams, and translate workload needs into scalable, fabric-aware designs.

The role requires deep HPC expertise, extensive experience with scale-out clusters, and strong customer engagement with labs and industry partners. A hybrid work model and global travel are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in HPC or data center architecture.
• 5+ years in customer-facing technical roles.
• Experience defining large-scale compute clusters.

Responsibilities

• Own system-level HPC architecture for next-gen clusters.
• Define scale-out interconnect fabric and topology.
• Lead performance modeling and workload characterization.
• Collaborate with CPU/GPU teams to define product requirements.

Skills

HPC architecture

CPU/GPU configuration

Performance modeling

MPI/OpenMP

Scale-out interconnect

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/Physics

Master's or PhD in a related field

Tools

InfiniBand

Ultra Ethernet

Job description

Intel Corporation seeks an HPC System Architect to lead the next generation of high-performance computing systems. You will own system-level architecture from concept to definition, collaborate with CPU and GPU teams, and translate workload needs into scalable, fabric-aware designs.

The role requires deep HPC expertise, extensive experience with scale-out clusters, and strong customer engagement with labs and industry partners. A hybrid work model and global travel are expected.