A*STAR

HPC Training Specialist, Frontier, NSCC

A*STAR
ResearchSingaporeOnsitePosted 1 week ago

About the role

AI summarised

The HPC Training Specialist at NSCC is responsible for building and developing Singapore's High-Performance Computing community. The role involves designing technical curricula, conducting hands-on workshops, and providing expert support to researchers to maximize the efficiency of multi-million-dollar supercomputing resources.

ResearchOnsiteNational Supercomputing Centre

Key Responsibilities

  • Curriculum Design: Collaborate with performance engineers and domain specialists to design tailored training courses that address user needs and system capabilities.
  • Framework Development: Work with local and international HPC centres to build an internationally recognized HPC education framework.
  • Community Outreach: Lead outreach activities to increase awareness and adoption of HPC in Singapore.
  • User Support: Provide frontline HPC advice to users and develop self-help resources (guides, wikis, tutorials).

Requirements

  • Bachelor degree in computer science, Education, Engineering, or relevant area.
  • Ideally, at least 3 years of experience in technical training, HPC user support, or scientific research.
  • HPC Fundamentals: Solid understanding of Linux environments, job schedulers, and shell scripting.
  • Development Stack: Familiarity with HPC software stacks and parallel programming concepts (MPI/OpenMP/CUDA).
  • Programming: Proficiency in Python; familiarity with C/C++ or Fortran is a plus.
  • Containerization: Knowledge of container technologies for reproducible research.
  • Communication: Exceptional presentation and public speaking skills; ability to simplify complex technical concepts.
  • Instructional Design: Ability to create engaging training materials and hands-on exercises.
  • Service Orientation: A strong desire to help researchers succeed and build a collaborative community.