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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # HPC System Architecture - **Company:** Intel Corporation - **Location:** Hillsborough, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $220,920.0 - $311,890.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Ethernet, Network Topologies, InfiniBand, OpenMP, Systems Architecture, Network Switches, Computer Network Operations, Gpu Programming, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Data Management - **Published:** October 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/hpc-system-architecture-hillsboro-or--db879689-70c0-40c0-9f4f-69191410b3da ## About the Role System Architecture, Topology, Data Management, Government, Memory Hardware, Computer Systems, System Architecture, Technical Leadership, Network Operations Center, Oil and Gas, * Deep expertise in HPC system architecture at cluster scale, spanning CPU and GPU configuration, memory subsystem design, scale-out interconnect, and parallel storage. * Demonstrated experience defining systems around unreleased silicon and influencing CPU or accelerator requirements from a system and workload perspective. * Fluency with HPC workload characteristics and performance analysis, including quantitative reasoning about scaling behavior, communication patterns, and bottlenecks at scale. * Working knowledge of the HPC software stack - MPI, OpenMP, GPU programming models, schedulers, and math and communication libraries. * Proven credibility with sophisticated technical customers in high-stakes procurement and co-design settings. * Strong understanding of the competitive HPC landscape, including alternative CPU and accelerator architectures, fabric options, and system vendor positioning. * Excellent written and oral communication skills, effective with both deep technical audiences and executive stakeholders. * Comfort with high ambiguity and a track record of driving clarity in undefined technical areas. * Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for customer engagements and technical conferences., Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field. 10+ years of experience in HPC, data center, or server system architecture, design, or engineering. 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing or externally-facing technical role. Demonstrated experience defining or deploying large-scale compute clusters. Preferred Qualifications Master's degree or PhD in a relevant technical discipline. Experience defining next-generation systems in partnership with CPU or GPU product and design teams. Experience supporting DOE national laboratory or comparable large-scale public-sector HPC procurements. Domain experience in a definitional HPC vertical: financial services, oil and gas and seismic processing, weather and climate, computational chemistry or biology, or manufacturing and CAE. Hands-on experience with scale-out fabrics including InfiniBand, Ultra Ethernet, or other high-performance interconnect. Experience with system-level performance modeling and workload characterization at scale. Experience with converged HPC and AI system design. Job Type ## Description The HPC System Architect is the senior technical lead responsible for defining the next generation of Intel's leading-edge high-performance computing systems. Reporting directly to Nic Dube, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Data Center Systems and Solutions, this position owns forward-looking HPC system architecture from concept through committed definition. You will work directly with Intel's CPU and GPU teams to architect the systems that follow today's products - shaping silicon requirements, and defining system-level architecture for the large-scale, scale-out clusters that characterize production HPC. The role spans full-system definition: compute node design, memory and I/O balance, scale-out fabric and topology, and the software stack that determines delivered application performance at scale. You will engage directly with the customers that set the leading edge of HPC - DOE national laboratories and their exascale and post-exascale programs, financial services institutions, oil and gas operators, and major academic and government research computing centers - translating their workload and facility requirements into system architectures Intel can build, and Intel's roadmap into system concepts they can commit to. Responsibilities * Own system-level architecture for next-generation HPC clusters: node definition, CPU and GPU configuration, memory bandwidth-to-capacity balance, I/O and parallel storage architecture, and scale-out fabric and topology. * Define scale-out interconnect architecture - fabric selection, network topology, bisection bandwidth and blocking ratios, collective and communication performance, and resilience at thousands-of-node scale. * Partner with the CPU and GPU teams to define product requirements for future HPC systems, bringing system-level and workload evidence into silicon definition while requirements remain open. * Build performance models that project delivered application throughput at scale on unreleased silicon and use them to drive configuration and roadmap decisions. * Lead architecture co-design and benchmark definition with leadership HPC customers, including acceptance criteria for standard and customer-proprietary application suites. * Drive HPC requirements into Intel's CPU, GPU, platform, and software roadmaps across DCG and the product and design organizations. * Evaluate emerging technologies for next-generation HPC systems, including advanced memory, Ultra Ethernet and other scale-out fabric standards, optical interconnect, and heterogeneous accelerator integration. * Produce reference architectures and system specifications that platform teams, OEM and ODM partners, and system integrators can build to. * Grow and lead HPC architecture capability within the team, providing technical direction and mentorship to architects and engineers.