HPC / AI Specialist
Pubblicato il 10-10-2026 - The Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I) in Torino
The Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I) is seeking a hands-on HPC / AI Specialist to support and optimize the compute infrastructure powering the AI Foundry and Deployment activities.
At AI4I, you will work on a state-of-the-art AI computing environment built with best-in-class technologies acquired over the past year, including next-generation GPU systems such as NVIDIA B200 accelerators and high-performance distributed storage solutions such as VAST. This infrastructure is designed to support AI training, fine-tuning, and inference workloads for both research and industrial deployment.
Leonardo hosts the physical hardware infrastructure and delivers agreed infrastructure services in partnership with AI4I. In this role, you will focus on optimizing performance and providing direct technical support to internal users and clients running AI workloads, while contributing to the continuous evolution and improvement of the system design.
You will act as a key interface between the machine infrastructure and the teams executing AI workflows, ensuring efficient, stable,
and predictable operations.
Hybrid work : Flexible arrangements may be negotiated
The position will remain open until it is filled and multiple candidates may be hired.
About The Role
As HPC / AI Specialist at AI4I, you will operate at the intersection of infrastructure operations and applied AI execution. You will ensure that engineers, researchers, and deployment teams can efficiently run training, fine-tuning, inference, and data-intensive pipelines on shared compute resources.
This is a cross-unit role shared 50% with the new Deployment Unit, working closely with both infrastructure and client-facing teams.
You Will Work Closely With
- AI engineers and ML / GenAI teams running training, fine-tuning, and inference workloads
- Cloud / DevOps engineers operating the private cloud
- The Deployment Unit supporting industrial AI clients
- Hardware vendors and infrastructure partners
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