Overview In this role you will provide scientific and technical leadership for next-generation leadership-class HPC systems. You will steer a multidisciplinary team within the ATS/OLCF to define a strategic research agenda spanning hybrid classical-quantum computing, advanced interconnects, and storage technologies. You'll architect co-design frameworks and evaluate novel fabrics, topologies, and programming models for exascale-scale workloads. You will help shape collaborations with vendors, national labs, and academia while contributing to publications and proposals. This is a mission-driven opportunity to advance leadership computing at ORNL and the HPC community.
Compensation / Benefits- medical and retirement plans
- flexible work hours
- onsite fitness, banking, and cafeteria facilities
- 401(k) retirement plan
- contributory pension
- educational assistance
Responsibilities- Lead a multidisciplinary research team, providing mentorship and technical direction
- Define and execute a strategic agenda for advanced computing systems architecture
- Architect and evaluate hybrid HPC-quantum systems and co-design integration frameworks
- Lead R&D on next-generation interconnects, fabric architectures, routing, and in-network computing
- Drive storage systems research, including storage-class memory and disaggregated architectures
- Foster collaborations with internal ORNL teams, DOE, partners, industry, and academia
- Represent ORNL/ATS in technical forums, standards bodies, and vendor engagements
- Author publications, reports, and proposals; secure external funding
- Evolve design processes and system characterization methods and disseminate best practices
Key requirements- PhD in a relevant field
- 8+ years of research experience in HPC systems or related domain
- Proven experience leading or co-leading research teams
- excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication
- ability to represent programs to leadership, sponsors, and scientific communities
- strong motivation and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- HPC systems architecture and large-scale system design
- hybrid classical-quantum computing knowledge and co-design
- high-performance interconnect technologies (emerging fabrics, routing, in-network computing)
