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 1000 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 Mobile and Embedded-Based HPC team focuses on evaluating emerging computing technologies, from mobile, embedded and other markets, and enabling their adoption in HPC contexts. The team's activities include:
- Deploying and maintaining a hardware/software infrastructure of HPC prototypes based on emerging technologies (e.g., Arm- and RISC-V-based commercial platforms, FPGA-based systems) operating as compute nodes within an HPC data center.
- Performance evaluation of HPC clusters powered by emerging technologies, using benchmarks, mini-applications, and complex scientific applications.
- Providing feedback to RTL designers and system software developers, including compiler teams, to facilitate the adoption of novel architectures.
- Supporting scientific communities, industrial partners, and research projects in testing novel architectures and comparing results with state-of-the-art HPC systems.
The team is looking for a junior intern to support the deployment and configuration of the Slurm job scheduler on a cluster whose compute nodes expose FPGAs as a computing resource available to end users. This is an entry-level, hands-on position: an opportunity to learn how a modern HPC resource manager works and how heterogeneous accelerators are integrated into a shared, multi-user data-center environment, under the guidance of senior team members.
Key Duties
- Assist in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the Slurm workload manager on a cluster with FPGA-equipped compute nodes.
- Configure and test the exposure of FPGAs to users as schedulable resources through custom plug-ins.
- Define and validate partitions, queues, and basic scheduling and accounting policies (e.g., QoS, limits, `slurmdbd` accounting).
- Develop and test prolog/epilog and helper scripts to manage FPGA allocation, initialization, and clean-up between jobs.
- Write example job scripts and short user-facing documentation showing how to request and use FPGA resources.
- Verify the correct behavior of the configuration through simple functional tests and by supporting early users of the platform.
- Report issues and observations to the team to help improve the reliability and usability of the infrastructure.
Requirements
- Education
- Currently pursuing (or recently completed) a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Working knowledge of the Linux command line and basic system administration concepts.
- Basic scripting skills (e.g., Bash and/or Python).
- Genuine interest in HPC, job scheduling, and heterogeneous / accelerator-based computing.
- Ability to work in a team, document one's work clearly, and communicate in English.
- Competences
- Any prior exposure to a job scheduler (Slurm, PBS, LSF, SGE, or similar) and HPC clusters.
- Familiarity with FPGA concepts or FPGA development toolchains (e.g., AMD/Xilinx Vivado) is a plus.
- Basic notions of computer networking, containers, or configuration management.
- Curiosity about emerging architectures (Arm, RISC-V, FPGA) in the HPC domain.
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department
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We offer a full-time contract (35h/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
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Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
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Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
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Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
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Starting date: 01/09/2026
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:
- A full CV in English including contact details
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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
The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición"). The recruitment process consists of two phases:
- Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - 40 points
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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. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the 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 recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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Deadline
The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R principles for selection processes
BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
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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