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Current Open Positions

ORNL is an equal opportunity employer; learn more. All qualified candidates, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply.

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials CCSD

The Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials group is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to perform leading-edge computational materials research and development. The role will focus on the development, efficient parallel implementation, and application of first principles methods to multiscale modeling of advanced materials. The scientific effort will focus on modeling nanomaterials, phase-transformations, and microstructure evolution in materials with applications in energy, manufacturing, and electronics.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 29, 2023

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials

The Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials group is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to perform leading-edge computational chemistry/materials research and development for applications in the energy sciences and biophysics. The successful candidate will be mentored and teamed with staff in the National Center for Computational Sciences.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 29, 2023

Senior HPC Linux Clusters Engineer

The National Center for Computational Sciences is hiring a Senior HPC Linux Clusters Engineer to support numerous activities of the center. Major duties of this role include defining and implementing best practices within the organization; automating systems administration tasks using open-source configuration management tools; and assist with designing, building, and maintaining HPC Linux systems.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 28, 2023

DevOps Engineer

The HPC Clusters Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to play a key role in improving the security, performance, and reliability of the NCCS computing environments. The HPC Clusters group administers and supports the division's HPC computing infrastructure, which includes system installation, deployment, acceptance, performance testing, upgrades, problem diagnosis, and troubleshooting.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 28, 2023

Group Leader, Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials

The National Center for Computational Sciences is seeking a Group Leader for the Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials group within the Science Engagement section. This role provides Research and Development leadership to a group of chemistry and materials science researchers with the primary goal of pursuing global scientific leadership in these fields, nurtures ORNL's culture among group members, and continues to build and scale up individual excellence and impact in R&D.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 11, 2023

HPC Engineer – System Acceptance & User Environment

The National Center for Computational Sciences is seeking an HPC Engineer to support the System Acceptance and User Environment Group. This group ensures the functionality, performance, and usability of new NCCS systems through activities as test development, acceptance, software installation, documentation, and early user support for all NCCS pre-production systems.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 5, 2023

Senior Research Scientist – HPC Performance Engineering

The National Center for Computational Sciences is hiring a Senior Computer Scientist, Applied Mathematician, or Computational Scientist specializing in performance analysis and optimization of HPC software to join the Algorithms and Performance Analysis Group.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 21, 2023

HPC Storage Systems Engineer, Clusters Group

The HPC Clusters Group is hiring an HPC Storage Systems Engineer to play a key role in improving the security, performance, and reliability of the NCCS computing environments.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 22, 2023

Machine Learning Data Engineer

The Analytics and AI Methods at Scale Group is seeking a Machine Learning Data Engineer for the broad area of AI fr science projects. Research and development activities include scientific data collection, transformation, feature engineering, and large-scale natural modeling and understanding.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 7, 2023

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials

The Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials group is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The role will involve development, efficient parallel and GPU-enabled implementation and application of novel artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to model interactions in liquids and at interfaces.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 22, 2023

Full Stack Software Developer – Analytics and AI Methods at Scale

The Analytics and AI Methods at Scale (AAIMS) group is seeking a Full Stack Software Developer to work with staff scientists to design and develop scalable data pipeline and web-based interactive visual analytic applications to drive toward operational intelligence.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 21, 2023

Senior HPC Linux Systems Engineer, Infrastructure and Networking

The HPC Infrastructure and Networking group is seeking a Senior HPC Linux Systems Engineer to support all activities of the supercomputer center.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 11, 2023

HPC Storage Systems Engineer, Technical Staff Member

The HPC Storage and Archive Group is seeking a Storage Systems Engineer to play a key role in the administration and support of massive parallel distributed filesystems, along with the accompanying storage subsystems and underlying Infiniband and Fibre-channel based SAN infrastructure.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 11, 2023

HPC Storage Systems Engineer, Associate Technical Staff Member

The HPC Storage and Archive Group is seeking a Storage Systems Engineer to play a key role in the administration and support of massive parallel distributed filesystems, along with the accompanying storage subsystems and underlying Infiniband and Fibre-channel based SAN infrastructure.

Oak Ridge, TN
March 13, 2023

Edge Computing Software Engineer

The Technology Integration group is looking for an Edge Computing Software Engineer to develop software, tools, and infrastructure to help tie scientific instruments to edge computing systems.

Oak Ridge, TN
May 3, 2023

Full Stack Software Developer – Data Lifecycle and Scalable Workflows

The Data Lifecycle and Scalable Workflows Group is seeking a Full Stack Software Developer to add to our team. In this role, you will provide products and services for scientific data management at leadership-class scale.

Oak Ridge, TN
May 2, 2023

Senior Research Scientist, HPC and AI

The Analytics and AI Methods at Scale group is seeking senior and distinguished research scientist in the broad areas of High-Performance Computing and AI and their intersection.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 12, 2023

Lead Full Stack Software Developer

The Data Lifecycle and Scalable Workflows Group is seeking a Full Stack Software Developer to provide products and services for scientific data management at leadership-class scale. The ideal candidate is a full-stack developer that is comfortable working across multiple technologies.

Oak Ridge, TN
April 26, 2023