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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # HPC Software & Systems Architect - **Company:** Kla Corporation - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States - **Salary:** $186,200.0 - $316,500.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Proxmox, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Ubuntu (Operating System), Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, File Systems, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Ethernet, General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Software Architecture, Remote Direct Memory Access, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Virtualization Technology, AI Infrastructure, Cloud Platform System, High Performance Computing, SUSE Linux, System Availability, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Storage Technologies, Slurm, Cloud Integration, Nvme, Vmware - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/senior-hpc-software-systems-architect-509977988 ## About the Role * Rocky * AlmaLinux * Ubuntu * SUSE HPC Technologies * SGE * SLURM * Kubernetes * Distributed computing architectures * NUMA optimization * MPI concepts * GPU workload scheduling Infrastructure * NVIDIA GPU ecosystems * High-speed Ethernet * RDMA * NVMe storage * Parallel file systems * NAS/NFS architectures Virtualization * VMware * Proxmox * KVM * Container technologies Software Development * Python * C++ * Bash * Git * CI/CD pipelines * Ansible * Infrastructure automation frameworks System Architecture * Service-oriented design * Scalability engineering * Reliability engineering * High availability * Disaster recovery * Capacity modeling * Performance benchmarking and tuning, Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 12-15 years ## Description In this exciting role you will design and architect next-generation High Performance Computing platforms supporting semiconductor manufacturing, AI workloads, computational lithography, metrology, inspection, and large-scale distributed data processing environments. Lead architecture decisions spanning software, hardware, networking, storage, GPU acceleration, virtualization, and cloud-integrated HPC infrastructure. Drive technology strategy, roadmap planning, and cross-functional alignment from concept through field deployment Responsibilities will include: HPC Platform Architecture * Define architecture for enterprise-scale HPC clusters. * Develop compute, network, storage, and virtualization strategies. * Lead platform scalability planning from tens to thousands of cores. * Define standards for GPU acceleration, distributed computing, and workload orchestration. * Establish system performance entitlement targets and capacity planning methodologies. Software Architecture * Design distributed software services supporting HPC infrastructure. * Define APIs, automation frameworks, configuration management architecture, and observability solutions. * Lead adoption of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps methodologies. * Drive modernization initiatives across Linux, container, and cloud-native platforms. Technical Leadership * Provide technical leadership across software, systems, manufacturing, operations, and field organizations. * Lead architecture reviews and design reviews. * Mentor engineers across multiple levels. * Establish coding, deployment, and operational standards. * Serve as escalation leader for critical system issues affecting customers and manufacturing operations. 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