Senior Research Engineer (RE3)

Job Reference

482_22_CS_HPDA_RE3

Position

Senior Research Engineer (RE3)

Closing Date

Friday, 30 June, 2023
Reference: 482_22_CS_HPDA_RE3
Job title: Senior Research Engineer (RE3)

 

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, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. 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 800 staff from 55 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.
 
Context And Mission
 
Applications are invited for a senior research engineer in High Performance Computing (HPC) architectures at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). We are offering a position in the context of several industry-funded projects at BSC. These projects will design and provide simulation infrastructure for heterogeneous high-performance computing architectures based on the RISC-V ISA.
 
Key Duties
 
  • Maintain and extend architectural simulation infrastructures
  • Design and implement architectural models for heterogeneous RISC-V multi-core systems
  • Deliver initial proof-of-concept demonstration of its critical components on relevant applications
 
Requirements
 
  • Education
    • PhD in Computer Sciences (or close to graduate)
  • Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
    • Computer Architecture: microarchitecuture, resource sharing in multicores, data level parallelism
    • Proficient in Python, C and C++
    • Experience using and modifying architectural simulators
  • Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
    • Operating Systems: Linux, scripting
    • Deep knowledge of execution-driven simulation tools (in particular gem5)
    • Proficient in English
  • Competences
    • Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines pressure.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team.
    • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with other research groups.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
 
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: 01/01/2023
 
Applications procedure and process
 
All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:
 
  • A full CV in English including contact details
  • A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

    In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.

    The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

    At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.

    For more information follow this link
 
Deadline
 
The vacancy will remain open until 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 planels 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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