HPC/AI Data Performance Engineer

Berkeley Lab

📍 United States, California, United States

Full Time Computer Occupations Posted March 03, 2026

Job Description

In this exciting role, you will serve as a Data Performance Engineer in NERSC’s Application Performance Group, architecting HPC and AI data services that advance fundamental science. You’ll optimize storage systems for Doudna, NERSC’s next supercomputer, and develop I/O and data management solutions for the American Science Cloud. Working with lab, academic, and industry partners, you will help design and deploy advanced storage and data management solutions, support I/O needs for HPC and AI applications, and collaborate with scientists to optimize data workflows for their research.

The selected candidate(s) will be hired at the Computer Systems Engineer 3 or 4 (CSE3 or CSE4) depending on your level skills and experience.

What you’ll do, at Level 3:

  • Develop AI storage and I/O services on NERSC’s advanced computing and data systems to support fundamental science.

  • Support storage and I/O software on NERSC supercomputers, deploy new cutting-e...