Computer Scientist / Software Engineer / Physicist for HPC Support and HPC Monitoring (m/f/d)

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.

Computer Scientist / Software Engineer / Physicist for HPC Support and HPC Monitoring (m/f/d)

Background
The High Performance Computing (HPC) and Data Processing group at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research is seeking a highly motivated and skilled software engineer, physicist, or computer scientist to support our user base and infrastructure during the continued evolution of the AWI’s local HPC system.

This position focuses on 2nd-level HPC user support, the installation and maintenance of scientific software, the development of workflow solutions, and the implementation of system monitoring tools. It will be an integral part of our support structure for scientific users and system maintainers alike.

Your Tasks

• Provide technical user support for common HPC-related issues (e.g. shell scripting, SLURM job scheduling, module systems)
• Install, configure, document, and maintain scientific software across the HPC environment, including libraries, compilers, and packages
• Development of tools and dashboards for system and job monitoring
• Performance analysis and code / workflow optimization and improvement of the "performance portability" of user’s software for use on HPC resources
• Develop, maintain and support HPC software and workflows for scientific applications
• Collaborate with different scientific working groups at AWI to ensure smooth integration of applications into the HPC ecosystem
• Participate in the refinement and communication of best practices for HPC usage across AWI

Your Profile

• A Master's degree in computer science, physics, mathematics, or a closely related scientific or technical discipline
• Very good English knowledge  (approximately equivalent to CEFR level C1)
• Independent, structured way of working

Additionally, you must have at least two of the following technical skills / knowledge:

• Linux operating systems and shell scripting (bash, sed, awk, grep)
• HPC workload managers, especially SLURM
• Scientific software environments and module systems
• Knowledge of scientific workflows in HPC / modelling
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, C/C++, or Fortran
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and issue tracking systems (e.g. Jira)

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience with performance benchmarking and monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, InfluxDB)
• Familiarity with container technologies such as Singularity or Docker
• Knowledge of the Spack package manager or similar build systems
• Experience with GPU programming or adapting scientific codes to heterogeneous architectures
• Understanding of geoscientific workflows and large-scale data processing (netCDF, zarr, etc.)

Further Information
For any questions you may have, you are very welcome to get in touch with Prof Dr Stephan Frickenhaus (stephan.frickenhaus@awi.de; +49(471)4831-1179) and/or Dr Miguel Andrés-Martínez (miguel.andres-martinez@awi.de; +49(471)4831-2166).

This is a full-time position, limited until 30.04.2026. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13. The place of employment will be Bremerhaven.

The AWI is characterized by

• our scientific success - excellent research
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• an international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working up to 50% of regular working hours
• health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• occupational pension provision (VBL)

AWI values diversity and actively promotes gender parity, as well as an open, inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities. We are convinced that diverse teams and a variety of perspectives enrich our work and our daily collaboration. In a continuous process of learning and reflection, we aim to ensure that all our employees can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from qualified people regardless of binary and non-binary genders, race and nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, age, physical abilities, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, and other identities.

Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.

We strongly encourage qualified women to apply for the advertised position at AWI to reduce the underrepresentation of women.

AWI fosters work-family compatibility in various ways and has received several awards as a result of this commitment. And as a new international member of our team, you can be sure that we will help you settle in. Our Family Office and International Office will be glad to support you, even before you start at AWI.

We look forward to your application!
Please submit your application by July 13th 2025, exclusively online.
Reference number: 25/70/D/Rz-b

Compétences idéales

• Linux
• Shell Scripting
• Bash
• AWK
• Python
• C
• C++
• Fortran
• Git
• JIRA
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Docker
• GPU Programming

• Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany

Expérience professionnelle

• DevOps
• Data Engineer
• Software Architect

Compétences linguistiques

• English