Hpc Engineer Jobs

Hpc Engineer jobs are open across national laboratories, defense contractors, cloud providers, and research universities, at levels from new-grad to principal and staff, with specializations in parallel computing, GPU/accelerator programming, and distributed systems performance tuning. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.

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Overview

Open roles116+
Top stateCalifornia
Top employerNVIDIA
Top citySanta Clara, CA
Work type63% On-site
Top industryTechnology

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Quantinuum
Advanced Software Engineer - Hybrid Quantum-HPC Orchestration | 904
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Advanced Software Engineer - Hybrid Quantum-HPC Orchestration | 904
Quantinuum
Broomfield, Colorado
Engineering (Non-Software)
Mechanical Engineering
Product Management
$132k - $165k/yr
Hybrid
Master's degree
201-500

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PGTEK
HPC Infrastructure Engineer - Travel role
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PGTEK
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HPC Infrastructure Engineer - Travel role
PGTEK
Atlanta, Georgia
Customer Support
IT Support
Technical Program Management
$90k - $100k/yr

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Analysis Group
AI HPC Infrastructure Engineer
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AI HPC Infrastructure Engineer
Analysis Group
Boston, Massachusetts
Data Analytics
Data Science
$150k - $170k/yr
Hybrid
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
1,001-5,000

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Lockheed Martin
HPC Software Engineer-CI Poly Required
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HPC Software Engineer-CI Poly Required
Lockheed Martin
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Business Development
Partnerships & Business Development
Sales
$134k - $236k/yr
On-Site
Bachelor of Science
10,000+

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NextSilicon
Staff HPC Applications Engineer
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NextSilicon
Added 5d ago
Staff HPC Applications Engineer
NextSilicon
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Engineering (Non-Software)
Mechanical Engineering
Specialized Engineering
Bachelor of Science

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Hpc Engineer Job Market

Who's Hiring

  • NVIDIA
    NVIDIA27
  • KLA
    KLA6
  • AMERICAN SYSTEMS
    AMERICAN SYSTEMS3
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE3
  • DCCA
    DCCA2

Top Industries Hiring

  • Technology & Software25
  • Manufacturing6
  • Education5
  • Law & Legal Services4
  • Science & Research3

What Employers Look For

The qualifications that appear most often in hpc engineer jobs.

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computational science, or a related engineering discipline
  • Proficiency in parallel programming models including MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA or HIP
  • Experience with HPC job schedulers such as Slurm, PBS Pro, or LSF
  • Strong C, C++, or Fortran programming skills for performance-critical scientific applications
  • Familiarity with profiling and performance analysis tools such as VTune, Nsight, or Tau
  • Experience porting or optimizing workloads on GPU-accelerated or many-core architectures

Tips for Your Hpc Engineer Job Search

Quantify parallel performance gains on your resume

Hiring managers want concrete throughput or scaling numbers. Replace vague phrases like 'optimized MPI jobs' with specifics: how many nodes, what speed-up factor, or which benchmark improved. Quantified results stand out immediately against generic HPC resumes.

Apply early to roles that fit

Migrate Mate lists hpc engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.

Target job postings by scheduler and environment

Filter your search by Slurm, PBS Pro, or LSF mentions alongside the cloud or on-prem environment. Roles requiring the same scheduler stack you know move faster through screening, so matching on those keywords narrows your list without missing relevant openings.

Showcase profiling and benchmarking tool experience

Postings for senior hpc engineer roles increasingly require hands-on profiling experience. Call out specific tools: Nsight, VTune, Tau, or Darshan. Listing the tool and the code base you profiled together signals you can own the full optimization cycle, not just compile and run.

Prepare a technical narrative around a hard scaling problem

HPC interviews almost always include a deep-dive on one past project. Pick a job where you hit a real bottleneck and fixed it: communication overhead, I/O saturation, or memory bandwidth. Walk the interviewer through diagnosis, the fix, and the measured outcome.

Negotiate with runtime efficiency as your leverage

In offer conversations, tie your profiling and tuning work to compute-hour savings your future employer recognizes. Teams running large allocations on national or commercial clusters treat runtime reduction as direct cost avoidance, which strengthens your case beyond the standard market-rate comparison.

Hpc Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions

Which companies are hiring the most hpc engineers?

The companies hiring the most hpc engineers right now include NVIDIA, KLA, and AMERICAN SYSTEMS, with the largest share of openings in California, Maryland, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. National laboratories, defense prime contractors, and hyperscale cloud providers consistently post the highest volumes of hpc engineer roles.

How many hpc engineer jobs are remote?

About 37% of hpc engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting the role's strong dependence on access to on-prem clusters at many employers. Work on cloud-native HPC platforms and performance engineering for distributed software tends to offer the most remote flexibility within the field.

How do you become a hpc engineer?

Start with a degree in computer science, computational science, physics, or a related engineering field, then build hands-on parallel programming skills in MPI and OpenMP through coursework or open-source scientific projects. Gain proficiency with at least one GPU programming framework such as CUDA or HIP, learn a job scheduler, and contribute to or benchmark a real parallel application. Internships at national laboratories or research computing centers are among the most direct paths into the field.

Can I get hired as a hpc engineer with little experience?

Yes, entry-level hpc engineer roles exist, particularly at universities, national labs, and cloud providers running research computing programs. Employers at this level look for demonstrated parallel programming work: a thesis project, a graduate course that used a cluster, or a contribution to an open-source scientific code. Showing you understand the MPI or OpenMP programming model and have run jobs on a real scheduler matters more than years of industry experience at the junior level.

What does the hpc engineer interview process look like?

Most hpc engineer interviews follow a multi-stage format: an initial recruiter screen, a technical phone interview covering parallel programming concepts and profiling approaches, and then a virtual or on-site loop with the engineering team. The loop typically includes a live coding or debugging exercise focused on MPI or GPU code, a deep-dive discussion of a past performance optimization project, and a system design conversation around scaling a workload. Some employers add a take-home benchmark analysis before the final round.

Where can I find and apply to hpc engineer jobs?

You can find and apply to hpc engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each one that fits.

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