Senior Research Engineer for Hardware Design (DevOps and CICD)

Job Reference 161_26_CS_TMHWE_RE3

Job Title DevOps and CICD admin - Senior Research Engineering for hardware design (RE3)

Starting Date

16/04/2026

Closing Date

Wednesday, 15 April, ****

About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain.

It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe.

The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.

BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over **** staff from 60 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.

In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer.

We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission

The Barcelona Zettascala Lab's mission is to position Europe as a global leader in high-performance computing (HPC).

Innovating the design of advanced chips, Europe will drive the technological sustainability and foster a robust ecosystem that includes both hardware and software.

BZL counts with the support of the NextGenerationEU program, aligned with the strategic objectives of the European Union.

Our commitments are to uncover technological solutions that enable significant advances in science, industry and society guaranteeing a competitive and sustainable digital future for all European citizens.

Our research group is looking for a highly motivated research engineer interested in accelerating applications with novel HPC architectures.

Come join our group to address the challenge of accelerating traditional HPC, AI and bioinformatics workloads with increasingly large and complex datasets.

In this exciting role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team of researchers and engineers, contributing to leading scientific research.

Key Duties

Developing, Maintaining, and evolving Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CICD) applied to hardware (digital chip design flow)

Providing high-quality support to hardware engineering teams

Coding refactoring to optimize their execution under different environments

Developing tools for maximizing the efficiency of CICD targeting HPC infrastructures

Providing interoperability among tools and methodologies among the different research engineering teams

Developing technical documentation

Providing direct users' support to all the hardware engineering teams based on issues

Requirements

Education

Bachelor in Informatic, or similar (e.g. computer architecture, telecommunication...)

Essential Knowledge And Professional Experience

5-10 years of experience on a similar position

Deep knowledge on GIT (GitLab and GitHub)

Experience supervising/advising colleagues

Experience participating in European and National research projects

Strong scripting skills

Competences

Critical thinking

Inter-personal skills

Proactivity

Team-work

Able to work under-pressure

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department

We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures

Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration

Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement

Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona

Starting date: 16/04/2026

Applications Procedure and Process

All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:

A full CV in English including contact details

A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered.

Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included.

Applications without this document will not be considered.

Development of the Recruitment Process

Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position.

– 40 points

Interview phase: The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources.

In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated.

– 60 points.

A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.

The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.

In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process.

The panel will conduct interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview.

At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.

The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes.

For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact ******.

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.

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