HPC Systems Engineer, Modeling & Simulation

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks an HPC Systems Engineer to administer and support on-premises high-performance computing infrastructure for advanced lethality modeling and simulation work. You'll maintain scientific computing environments, troubleshoot complex systems, and develop automation tools to enable mission-critical analysis across a specialized defense engineering setting.

What you'll do

• Administer and troubleshoot on-prem HPC systems supporting modeling and simulation workflows
• Install, maintain, and update scientific codes and runtime environments
• Diagnose and resolve issues across compute nodes, storage, queues, operating systems, and user workflows
• Manage storage systems, data movement, and filesystem infrastructure
• Develop scripts and automation tools to improve analyst productivity
• Partner with analysts, engineers, security teams, and vendors to enhance system reliability and secure operations

What they're looking for

• Linux/Unix system administration in HPC or scientific computing environments
• Bash and Python scripting for automation and troubleshooting
• Experience with scientific codes (CTH, ALE3D, Sierra, ParaView, Cubit, VisIt)
• Scientific software build tools (CMake, compilers, MPI/OpenMPI, OpenMP, environment modules)
• Storage and filesystem management (NFS/NAS)
• Networking and TCP/IP fundamentals
• Secure computing practices and data handling
• Windows and multi-platform system administration