HPC Systems Engineer

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.

Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for a High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer (Infrastructure) to help maximise performance of our HPC applications, maintain a high-end HPC service that meet the very demanding requirements of the McLaren Racing’s computational engineering environment. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative high technology environment, focusing on pure performance and exploring a diverse range of new hardware and software technologies in supercomputing.

Principal Accountabilities:

  • Responsible for the day-to-day operational support of the McLaren Racing HPC estate: manage and solve any hardware and software issues that may arise.
  • Keep abreast of latest HPC and industry developments and investigate the suitability of newly available technologies, including but not limited to: new CPU technologies, HMB, memory and high-speed interconnects, web-based software technologies and parallel high performance computing application tuning & optimization. Report back and make recommendations.
  • Assist in hardware and software upgrade programmes to implement these new technologies.
  • Provide Linux skills and support to CFD methodology engineers and HPC users.
Organisation: 
McLaren F1 Team