HPC Application Specialist - Solid Mechanics (Job Location- Baner Pune)

Required Skills :

• Experience with developing complex numerical models in open-source tools such as MOOSE, FEniCS, and a good understanding of its source code.
• Strong background in solid mechanics and FEA. Deep understanding of solid mechanics concept and theory.
• Strong skills and experience developing with standard programming languages used in scientific high-performance computing (e.g. C / C++, Python, FORTRAN)
• Experience with HPC and parallel programming concepts and techniques (e.g. MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC, CUDA)
• Proven working experience in developing, configuring, and troubleshooting applications for Linux based environments
• Solid understanding of High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment and related technologies
• Experience in writing, porting, debugging, analyzing, and optimizing parallel programs
• 8 Solid understanding of the software development process including requirements, use cases, design, coding, documentation and testing of scalable, distributed applications in a Linux environment
• Positive customer service attitude and strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Adaptable and able to work well in a group and project environment
• Ability to work well with ambiguous requirements and adapt to change quickly

Desired Skills

• Experience working in a research focused IT environment
• Experience with HPC schedulers and resource managers such Slurm Workload Manager, PBS or equivalent.
• Experience with utilization of cluster-based and container-based modeling and simulation packages in HPC environments.
• Experience with a variety of build / install tools (e.g. CMake, Makefile, autoconf) and HPC package managers (e.g. Spack, Easybuild)
• Familiarity with principles of Large Language Models and their incorporation into scientific environments is a plus.
• Experience with Linux system administration is a plus

Education and Experience :

• Masters / Dual Degree / PhD in Mechanical, Materials Science, Aerospace Engineering or Computational Sciences from IITs / IISc / reputed foreign universities.
• Relevant work experience of more than 4 years after Masters / Dual Degree or more than 2 years after PhD.
• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in a large, distributed computing environment.