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# HPC and Software Engineer

- **Company:** Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Supercomputing, High Performance Computing, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.bsc.es/discover-bsc/not-assigned-pages/open-apply-tenders

## About the Role

* Education
 + Having a Bachelor in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline
 * Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
 + Experience or knowledge in running and optimizing scientific codes on large HPC systems.
 + Experience in software for the evaluation of Earth System Models using computational performance metrics
 * Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
 + Demonstrated verbal communication and technical presentation skills.
 + Fluency in English.
 * Competences
 + Highly motivated and willingness to work in an international multidisciplinary group.

## Description

* The selected candidates will work in an international multidisciplinary and innovative research group.
 * The main goal will be to work on the improvement of the computational metrics developed to quantify the computational and energy cost of the models in Destination Earth, FUTURA, ENES-RISE projects and other projects in the department
 * Work on carbon footprint and energy efficiency quantification tasks., * 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.

In accordance with OTM-R principles, 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 [at] bsc [dot] es.
For more information, please follow this link.


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