Senior Research Computing Software Engineer - HPC & Cloud

Applied Research Laboratory at the Penn State University; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 91,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition discount 75%

Job summary

Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State seeks a Research Computing Software Engineer who will lead and develop software for advanced research computing in a state College/Reston setting. You will guide a team of engineers and researchers in building, deploying, and maintaining tools used by the research community, emphasizing scalable algorithms and cloud integration.

The role requires collaboration across disciplines, strong coding practices, and a commitment to performance optimization

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Master's degree in Geography preferred for elevated responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, enhance, and maintain software applications to support research computing needs.
• Implement efficient algorithms and data structures for large datasets and complex computations.
• Write clean, well-documented code using modern programming languages.
• Integrate software solutions with cloud platforms and research computing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to ensure tool functionality within the research environment.
• Analyze and optimize performance to meet high computational demands.
• Identify and address bottlenecks, memory usage issues, and other technical challenges.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for software issues.
• Create and maintain documentation, including guides and specifications.
• Stay up to date with advancements in software engineering and computational research technologies.

Skills

Code analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Data Analysis

Presentation Skills

Programming

Software architecture

Software development

Software testing

Technology acumen

Trend analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree in Geography

Job description

Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State seeks a Research Computing Software Engineer who will lead and develop software for advanced research computing in a state College/Reston setting. You will guide a team of engineers and researchers in building, deploying, and maintaining tools used by the research community, emphasizing scalable algorithms and cloud integration.

The role requires collaboration across disciplines, strong coding practices, and a commitment to performance optimization