Research Engineer for HPC (RE1)

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Closing Date : Thursday, 25 September, 2025

About BSC The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

Context And Mission Applications are invited for an undergraduate student in High Performance Computing (HPC) architectures at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). BSC intends to pave the way to the future low-power European processor for Exascale in the context of multiple architecture initiatives (EPI, Lenovo, Intel, etc.).

Key Duties Research on acceleration of bioinformatics algorithms and AI-based data analysis pipelines using software and hardware optimization techniques.

Investigate novel healthcare / bioinformatics algorithms and data structures.

Write scientific papers and actively engage in ongoing research lines and activities.

Coordinate and attend project meetings, supervise students, and manage research teams and project deliverables.

Requirements Education Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering (or a related area).

Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience Strong background in algorithms, computer architecture, and performance analysis.

Expertise in AI and bioinformatics algorithms and data structures, dataflow execution, and sparse computation.

Expertise in C / C++ programming, performance engineering, and low-level optimizations.

Expertise in Python, Bash, and basic Linux.

Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience Experience with CUDA or FPGA programming is a plus but not essential.

Experience with R and Matlab is a plus but not essential.

Experience with HPC environments and applications, but not essential.

Experience with Python, R, and Matlab is a plus but not essential.

Competences Problem-solving, highly proactive, and result-oriented work attitude.

Strong teamwork skills and capability to work with international partners.

Strong communication skills, including proficiency in both written and verbal English.

Autonomy in researching and exploring new problems and lines of inquiry.

Conditions The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department

We offer a full-time contract (37.5h / week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures

Duration : Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration

Holidays : 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement

Salary : we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona

Starting date : 01 / 10 / 2025

Applications procedure All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain :

A full CV in English including contact details

A cover / motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.

Development of the recruitment process The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system (Concurso-Oposición). The recruitment process consists of two phases :

Curriculum Analysis : Evaluation of previous experience and / or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - 40 points

Interview phase : The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources. In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated. - 60 points. A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.

The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women. A gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.

The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes. For any suggestions or comments / complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment@bsc.es.

For more information, please follow this link.

Deadline The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

OTM-R principles for selection processes BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.

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