Senior Scientific Software Engineer - HPC Modernization

Tech Army, LLC; Carlsbad (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Army, LLC in Carlsbad, NM, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to provide virtual scientific computing support for an existing computational framework. The role emphasizes sustainment, modernization, performance optimization, HPC readiness, and transition of 3D modeling capabilities in a regulated environment.

The candidate should have SME-level expertise in computer science methods, computational modeling, and technical documentation, with experience in GNU/Linux, build systems, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent with related field.
• Bachelor plus 10 years of relevant experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific computing and software engineering support for an existing framework.
• Sustain, modernize, and optimize legacy scientific software and computational systems.
• Support transition and development of evolving 3D modeling capabilities.
• Perform software development, analysis, refactoring, verification and validation.
• Improve software performance, portability, and maintainability across computing platforms.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation.
• Support HPC readiness and migration to Linux environments.
• Improve workflow reproducibility and support repeatable builds.
• Identify technical debt and high-risk code areas.
• Conduct performance benchmarking and profiling.
• Ensure compliance with NQA-1 requirements.

Skills

Fortran

Python

C/C++

Linux development

Bash scripting

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience

Tools

Git

Slurm

Doxygen

GNU/Linux toolchains

Job description

Tech Army, LLC in Carlsbad, NM, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to provide virtual scientific computing support for an existing computational framework. The role emphasizes sustainment, modernization, performance optimization, HPC readiness, and transition of 3D modeling capabilities in a regulated environment.

The candidate should have SME-level expertise in computer science methods, computational modeling, and technical documentation, with experience in GNU/Linux, build systems, and