Northrop Grumman Australia · 8 hours ago
Principal or Senior Principal HPC Engineer (Level 3 or 4)
United States-California-Redondo Beach
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $206K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is an industry leader in Stealth Technology, seeking experienced talent in High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineering. The successful candidate will work closely with a Subject Matter Expert to develop and deploy HPC systems, manage their life cycle, and implement AI/ML solutions to optimize performance.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop and deploy architectures for future HPC systems based on engineering computing requirements, collaborating with engineering to achieve optimal performance
Manage HPC systems throughout their life cycle: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal
Perform HPC technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk evaluation, and supportability and effectiveness analyses
Monitor and report HPC system health/metrics. Gather data; perform analysis; reproduce, resolve or escalate, and drive issues through to closure
Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks
Diagnose hardware and software configuration issues
Perform basic hardware fixes (e.g. replace faulty memory, hard drives, etc.)
Provide oversight of System Administration tasks
Assist software developers in the installation, optimization, and debug of CEM codes and other Survivability design and analysis tools
Collaborate and consult with Cybersecurity and follow guidelines to design and implement cybersecurity solutions
Qualification
Required
Experience with HPC system design, supercomputer implementation, HPC networked architecture and parallel processing optimization
Linux system administration experience
Programming experience with at least one of the shell scripts, such as Bash and Csh
A current active U.S. Government in-scope DoD Top Secret security clearance is required to start, with the ability to obtain and maintain clearance to Special Access Programs (SAPs)
Principal HPC Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Master's degree AND 3 years of related professional/military engineering experience
Senior Principal HPC Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Master's degree AND 6 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Ph.D. AND 5 years of related professional/military engineering experience
Preferred
Experience with programming languages such as C++, C#, Java, Python
Strong knowledge of HPC technologies, storage, parallel processing, and scientific computing frameworks
Experience building and maintaining high scale distributed systems and running scalable distributed application software
Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or System Engineering from an accredited college or university
Hands-on experience with HPC hardware diagnostic and repair
Experience with Software compilation process (compilers, GNU Make, CMake, etc)
Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements and methodologies
Experience with architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing HPC systems
Working knowledge of JSIG and STIG
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase