HPC Application Engineer
Key information
- Publication date:27 January 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Temporary
- Place of work:Lausanne
EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs more than 6,500 people supporting the three main missions of the institution: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of more than 17,000 people, including over 12,500 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different countries.
EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is a dynamic university ranked among the top 20 worldwide. With over 6,500 employees, EPFL supports education, research, and innovation within a vibrant campus community of over 17,000 people from 120+ countries.
The SCITAS platform (Scientific IT & Application Support) provides EPFL researchers and partners with access to infrastructure and expertise in High Performance Computing (HPC). SCITAS also contributes to research and development activities so as to maintain the EPFL's reputation as a leading research institution, including SKA scientific activities.
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will be a next-generation radio telescope that will help to answer key questions in astrophysics, drive technological innovation and support human capital development. However, a new growing challenge of radio interferometers is Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Radio interferometers are often built in remote and radio-quiet locations to avoid terrestrial sources of RFI, however transient radio sources in the sky such as satellites are much more difficult to avoid. These contaminating signals are often discarded with flagging, but it may be possible to subtract these RFI sources instead.
To strengthen our team, we are seeking an HPC application engineer to work on software for RFI mitigation and subtraction.
- HPC scientific application development and optimization in collaboration with EPFL scientists
- Efficient numerical methods implementation
- Scientific software R&D in order to advance the platform technology
- Operational support to users when needed
Applicants must have:
- A Ph.D. in computer/computational science, applied mathematics or physics or equivalent experience
- A proven record in HPC scientific software development
- Experience in radio astronomy and interferometry
- Good knowledge of Python/C/C++
- Experience with JAX and differentiable programming
Applicants should have:
- Demonstrated experience in an academic environment
- Good knowledge of Bayesian statistical analysis & statistical modeling
- Experience in RFI mitigation and subtraction
- French and English at working level
- A dynamic, interdisciplinary and international working environment
- An internationally visible and rising academic institution in HPC
- Privileged contact with state-of-the-art technological developments
- Access to many continuing education courses
Contract Start Date : 05/01/2025
Activity Rate : 100,00
Contract Type: CDD
Duration: 1 year renewable
Reference: 1375
