HPC Compute Engineer

HPC Compute Engineer

📍 Location: Sheffield

💼 Industry: IT Services / High Performance Computing

💰 Salary: £40,000 – £50,000

🔗 Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Chapman Tate Associates are proud to be partnering with a leading IT Services provider that is rapidly expanding their Compute division. As part of this growth, we are seeking a talented HPC Compute Engineer to join their high-performing team and support the design, implementation, and optimisation of cutting-edge high-performance computing environments.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and technically proficient engineer to work at the forefront of modern compute technologies—powering scientific research, enterprise analytics, and high-end simulation platforms.

🔍 Role Overview

As an HPC Compute Engineer, you will be instrumental in:

• Designing, deploying, and maintaining HPC clusters and supporting infrastructure.
• Ensuring optimal performance and reliability of compute resources across customer environments.
• Supporting high-throughput compute workloads across Linux-based systems.
• Collaborating with research teams, developers, and systems architects to drive innovation.
• Troubleshooting complex systems issues across hardware, OS, and networking layers.
• Automating tasks and improving systems through scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools.

✅ Key Requirements

We’re looking for individuals with the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience in managing HPC environments (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid).
• Deep understanding of Linux-based systems (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.).
• Experience with workload managers/schedulers (e.g. Slurm, PBS, LSF).
• Familiarity with parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre, GPFS) and storage management.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python or similar for automation and orchestration.
• Knowledge of performance tuning, monitoring tools and job profiling.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in fast-paced technical environments.

Desirable:

• Exposure to cloud-based HPC solutions (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Singularity) in HPC environments.
• Certifications or training in Linux systems, HPC architectures or cloud platforms.

🌟 What’s in It for You?

• Work with one of the industry’s top IT Services companies, delivering mission-critical solutions.
• Collaborative team culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and career development opportunities.
• Projects that have real-world impact in fields like life sciences, finance, engineering, and AI.

📝 Apply Today

If you're an HPC expert looking for your next challenge—or an ambitious engineer ready to step into high-performance computing—get in touch with Chapman Tate Associates today. We’re ready to help you take the next step in your technical career.