HPC Technical Lead

General Dynamics

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Silver Spring, MD
Salary
$211,531–$286,189 / yr
Posted
31 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $249k
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This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $163,375–$223,105 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $249k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1123 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · HPC Technical Lead

HPC Technical Lead serves as a senior technical authority for the Food and Drug Administration’s scientific computing and advanced research systems. This role involves guiding the architecture, optimization, and evolution of high-performance computing ecosystems to support critical workloads such as genomics, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, and AI/ML pipelines. The successful candidate will manage HPC clusters, parallel storage, high-speed networking, and hybrid cloud environments while performing tasks like job sizing, code porting, GPU acceleration, and performance tuning. Key technical requirements include expertise in Linux environments, Slurm or TORQUE/Moab schedulers, GPFS, Lustre, MPI, and containerized scientific environments. The role bridges the gap between complex research needs and advanced computing solutions, ensuring that infrastructure effectively supports large-scale data workflows and specialized scientific software for federal research initiatives.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the senior technical authority for HPC operations, architecture, and performance optimization.
  • Support scientific workloads including genomics, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, and AI/ML pipelines.
  • Optimize user workloads through job sizing, code porting, parallelization, and GPU acceleration.
  • Lead technical strategy for scientific data storage, parallel file systems, and high-speed networking.
  • Provide guidance on future-state HPC architectures, expansion planning, and modernization initiatives.
  • Integrate laboratory instruments, scientific workstations, and specialized scientific software into the network.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed compute systems, storage platforms, and instrument-connected environments.
  • Prepare technical documentation, configuration guidance, and engineering recommendations for stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder.
  • Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • 10-12+ years of experience in HPC engineering, scientific computing, bioinformatics platforms, or advanced research infrastructure.
  • Expertise in Linux environments, HPC schedulers, parallel computing, GPUs, and large-scale storage systems.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to scientists, engineers, and program stakeholders.
  • Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Scientific Computing, or related field (preferred).
  • Experience with Slurm, TORQUE/Moab, GPFS, Lustre, MPI, containerized environments, genomics, or cloud/HPC hybrid architectures (preferred).

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