Programme Officer

Programme Officer

We offer a position of Programme Officer in the Research and Innovation (R&I) or Infrastructure Unit. Depending on the area of activity (R&I or Infrastructure), the Programme Officer will organise and will be involved in the implementation of public procurements and/or grants (publication, opening, selection of experts, evaluation, logistics etc.), monitor the allocation of supercomputer access times, manage the selection process, monitor the execution of associated contracts and grant agreements, and ensure compliance with the prevailing rules and regulations. The Programme Officer will focus on the management, monitoring and reporting of grants and infrastructure projects, in particular in the context of the JU’s efforts to establish a European Artificial Intelligence (AI) and HPC application innovation ecosystem centred around a state-of-the-art infrastructure, including AI optimized supercomputers as part of European AI Factories, hosted by supercomputing centres in the Union.  The activities in the field of R&I will cover primarily the management of grants and procurements for research, development, innovation and related support services in one or several of the following areas of HPC: ·         HPC applications, for example software development and R&I for HPC application software to support the uptake of new developments and innovations in industrial and scientific use cases, ·         Artificial intelligence, for example the development of large-scale AI models and their integration in end-to-end solutions, HPC-AI system benchmarking and adoption of AI capabilities in other areas of HPC software, ·         Services and initiatives to further develop the HPC and AI innovation ecosystem, for example training, support and networking activities, coordination with other actions, provisioning of software environments and applications for different user communities, dedicated activities to address the specific needs of SMEs, development of talents through education programmes and collaborations with relevant actors and initiatives. The Programme Officers may also contribute to other initiatives in the Joint Undertaking’s R&I portfolio, such as international cooperation, technology, quantum computing, training and education, which are part of the EuroHPC JU’s mission and objectives.

2025-03-18

Quantum technologies