Descripción de la oferta
Job Reference: 418_26_CASE_F_RE2
Starting date: 01/10/2026
Position: Research Engineer for the Fusion Group (RE2)
Closing Date: Friday, 16 October, 2026
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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Context And Mission
The Fusion group (fusion.bsc.es) at the Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) department is looking for a Research Engineer (RE2) in Software Engineering, Computers Sciences or related fields to join the EUROfusion Advanced Computing Hub at BSC. The successful candidates will participate in cutting-edge European R&D activities in plasma physics science and fusion technology and become members of this reference performance group in an international working environment.
The overall objective of the CASE Fusion group is to enhance modelling capabilities in fusion by code development, validation, integration and optimization including the use of advanced HPC techniques. We work closely towards the objectives of EUROfusion (www.euro-fusion.org), the European fusion research programme for Horizon Europe, in collaboration with Fusion for Energy (F4E), ITER, International Tokamak Physics Activity, and the Spanish national fusion laboratory CIEMAT.
Key Duties
R&D activities in the assigned domain in the EUROfusion Advanced Computing Hub at BSC
Optimizing and porting scientific codes in the field of fusion to new computer architectures.
Requirements
Education
MSc in computational physics, computer science, engineering or related fields
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Demonstrated research experience
Strong skills in Linux environment
Strong knowledge on numerical methods, code development and scientific computing
Experience in scientific writing and communicating results
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
At least 0.5 years of professional experience in a similar role
Programming skills: experience in programming and debugging (C, C++, Fortran, MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC and CUDA)
HPC: Experience building and debugging large-scale engineering/scientific software in large clusters and heterogeneous architectures
Experience in the use of mathematical libraries desirable
Experience in numerical solvers desirable
Experience in GPU enabling desirable
Experience in performance analysis of large supercomputing codes desirable
Experience in working within interdisciplinary teams desirable
Experience in ML and AI desirable
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Competences
Flexible team player capable of working with others as well as independently
Problem-solving, pro-active, result-oriented and positive work attitude
Able to think analytically
Good interpersonal skills, including in multi-cultural environments
Able to write reports, communicate results and train code users
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the CASE Department
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
Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Starting date: 01/10/2026
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 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.
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.
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