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# HPC Systems Engineer

- **Company:** GM Performance Power Units
- **Location:** Concord, NC, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Abaqus, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Firmware, FlexNet Publisher, InfiniBand, Linux System Administration, Performance Tuning, Remote Direct Memory Access, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Shell Script, Simulation Software, Scripting, Non-Uniform Memory Access, Slurm, Star CCM+, Ansys
- **Published:** November 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fbace576a69dcaec

## About the Role

* Linux system administration in a server or datacenter environment (RHEL family).
 * Slurm or comparable HPC workload manager (PBS, LSF, Grid Engine).
 * Cluster management tooling - Bright Cluster Manager / NVIDIA Base Command Manager.
 * NVIDIA GPU and driver administration.
 * Bash and python scripting.
 * Strong networking fundamentals; RDMA/RoCE or InfiniBand exposure.
 * MPI, NUMA topology, and CPU/memory performance tuning.
 * NFS and shared filesystem administration.
 * Familiarity with commercial CFD or FEA software.
 * Methodical troubleshooter - forms a hypothesis, tests it, and works a problem to resolution.
 * Comfortable with unfamiliar problems and vendor documentation.
 * Clear communicator with engineering end users.
 * Disciplined about change control on production systems.

## Description

Own day-to-day operation, maintenance, and optimization of production and development engineering HPC cluster(s) supporting various CAE, CFD, and FEA simulation suites for multiple cross-functional engineering groups., * Operate and maintain RHEL-based NVIDIA Base Command Manager HPC environment. Responsible for patching, imaging, driver and firmware updates, and node health monitoring and remediation.

 * Administer the Slurm scheduler: partitions, QoS, accounting, reservations, license tracking, prolog/epilog.
 * Administer NFS storage volumes, quotas, and permissions.
 * Administer license servers (FlexLM, RLM, DSLS) and license limit enforcements.
 * Install and maintain commercial simulation software and associated environment modules (STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent, Abaqus, Converge CFD, GT-Suite, Optistruct, JMAG Electromagnetic, etc).
 * Provide direct user support: job script troubleshooting, failed and underperforming job diagnosis, user onboarding, documentation, and user training.
 * Investigate performance and reliability problems to root cause using systematic diagnosis; benchmark and validate node and fabric performance.
 * Write and maintain shell scripting for automation, health checks, reporting, and user-facing tooling.
 * Own vendor trouble tickets (hardware, software, licensing) through to resolution.
 * Consult and support build-out and commissioning of additional cluster capacity.