Job Reference
BISHIP_2025
Position
BSC International Summer HPC Internship Programme
Closing Date
Monday, 07 April, 2025
Reference: BISHIP_2025
Job title: BSC International Summer HPC Internship Programme
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.
Look at the BSC experience:
BSC-CNS YouTube Channel
Let's stay connected with BSC Folks!
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
Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) launches the 8th BSC International Summer HPC Internship Programme.
We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students with an excellent academic record and a strong interest in the research fields of the BSC. More importantly, we are looking for highly motivated students who want to conduct a summer research experience at the BSC-CNS.
We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students with an excellent academic record and a strong interest in the research fields of the BSC. More importantly, we are looking for highly motivated students who want to conduct a summer research experience at the BSC-CNS.
Key Duties
- The selected candidates will work in an international multidisciplinary and innovative research group.
- The main goal of this programme is to encourage students from any nationality to pursue a scientific career and to introduce them to an HPC environment.
- Hosting groups
Computer Sciences
- Validation
- Memory Technologies
- High-Performance Embedded Systems Lab
- Workflows and Distributed Computing
- Computer Architecture for Parallel Paradigms
- HPDSA
- Accelerators and Communications for HPC
- STAR
Earth Sciences
CASE
Life Sciences
Requirements
- Education
- Candidates pursuing a Bachelor's Degree at the time of the Internship, with availability to do an internship agreement with their University.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Having completed the minimum credits ECTS to be able to do an internship agreement with your university (Usually half of the the degree's credits must have been succesfully completed).
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- High level of English.
- Competences
- Highly motivated and willingness to work in an international multidisciplinary group.
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the selected Department
- We offer a full-time (37.5h/week) or part-time internship agreement, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan.
- Duration: up to 10 weeks
- Salary: 1.166,67€ gross salary per month (full-time basis).
- Starting date: Summer 2025
Applications procedure and process
Documents required for your application:
- An updated CV including your academic records.
- Cover letter, including the following points
- Motivation statement
- IMPORTANT Mention your first, second and third option of BSC group where you would like to do your internship.
- 2 reference letters from the researchers/professors with whom the intern worked/studied. Alternatively, 2 reference emails from researchers/professors to send to recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es (Email title: BSC International Summer HPC Internship Programme, "your name" reference).
- When you apply, please note that you can attach as many documents as you need in the section "other documents".
- If your application does not include one of these documents, it will not be considered for this Programme.
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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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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