Senior LSF Platform Engineer - HPC/EDA Scale

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an engineer with deep expertise in LSF internals to own and optimize scheduling across federated cells. You will diagnose complex multi-cluster issues, design cell topology, and collaborate with IaC and CAD teams on large-memory and burst workloads.

Qualified candidates have 8+ years in HPC or large-scale compute, strong Linux and scripting skills, and hands-on experience with LSF integration points. This is a high-impact, deep-specialist role in a production environment.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in HPC or large-scale batch compute with 5+ years on IBM Spectrum LSF.
• Demonstrated depth in LSF internals and scheduling cycle understanding.
• Hands-on MultiCluster experience in production/multi-site environments.
• Strong Linux systems fundamentals and scripting in Python, Perl, and shell.
• Experience with LSF integration points: esub, eexec, elim, submit wrappers, RTM, LSF APIs.
• Background in semiconductor or EDA compute.

Responsibilities

• Own scheduler behavior across 15-25 federated LSF cells, including tuning and analysis.
• Diagnose MultiCluster forwarding problems and remote queue sizing.
• Set design for cell topology and federation as the farm grows.
• Encode scheduler policy into a config schema with IaC collaboration.
• Partner with CAD and methodology teams on high-memory and burst workloads.

Skills

LSF internals

HPC large-scale compute

Linux fundamentals

Python, Perl, shell scripting

LSF developer/escalation experience

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

IBM Spectrum LSF

MultiCluster tooling

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an engineer with deep expertise in LSF internals to own and optimize scheduling across federated cells. You will diagnose complex multi-cluster issues, design cell topology, and collaborate with IaC and CAD teams on large-memory and burst workloads.

Qualified candidates have 8+ years in HPC or large-scale compute, strong Linux and scripting skills, and hands-on experience with LSF integration points. This is a high-impact, deep-specialist role in a production environment.