Staff HPC Infra Engineer, Space Systems

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 171,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO and vacation

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

ClassPass credits and wellness support

Free meals and snacks

Job summary

Vast, a leader in space infrastructure, seeks a Staff HPC Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize high-performance compute systems in Long Beach. You will partner with engineering teams to accelerate analyses and ensure reliable operation of critical workflows.

The role is full-time and exempt, with a competitive salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package as Vast advances space engineering and exploration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of HPC administration and architecture experience.
• Experience supporting HPC clusters for Aerospace or related industries.
• Deep understanding of SLURM and Linux.
• Experience shaping architecture with engineering teams to accelerate analysis.
• Proven track record leading technical initiatives from concept to production.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, math, engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build, support, and architect Vast’s HPC infrastructure.
• Design and implement enhancements to the HPC environment for performance and cost optimization.
• Provide support to engineering teams using HPC for analysis.
• Own lifecycle of HPC infrastructure including updates, patching, maintenance, performance, and reliability.
• Integrate HPC with design cycle including NX/Teamcenter and post-processing.
• Manage onboarding of new applications and users to HPC.

Skills

HPC administration

SLURM

Linux

Engineering collaboration

Leadership initiatives

Python scripting

Team communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS ParallelCluster

Terraform

Puppet

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Nastran

Abaqus

Ansys

STAR-CCM

Wave6

Job description

Vast, a leader in space infrastructure, seeks a Staff HPC Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize high-performance compute systems in Long Beach. You will partner with engineering teams to accelerate analyses and ensure reliable operation of critical workflows.

The role is full-time and exempt, with a competitive salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package as Vast advances space engineering and exploration.