# Bruno Sotelo

> Senior HPC Engineer at Rescale

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brunosotelo

Senior HPC Engineer with a foundation in Aerospace Engineering and 10+ years of experience at the intersection of Cloud Computing, Linux Systems, and large-scale scientific computing. I specialize in architecting and running high-performance applications across multi-node clusters, leveraging tools like MPI, Infiniband, CUDA, and GPUs to accelerate scientific and engineering workflows. My academic background (BS/MS in Aerospace Engineering) centered on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of compressible, viscous flows.

## Work Experience
### Senior HPC Engineer @ Rescale
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### HPC Engineer @ Rescale
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Install software for the Rescale HPC environment; compiling software and dependent packages from source using various MPI implementations
- Manage Linux OS systems such as runtime functionality, cloud operations and deployments
- Configure CAE software that has been parallelized with MPI to run across different hardware and OS requirements
- Provide advanced and escalated support of major CFD & FEA applications in HPC
- Onboard and configure CPU/GPU hardware from various cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI

### Applications and Support Engineer @ Rescale
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
- Provided global support to all Rescale customers in cloud computing and HPC
- Daily tools include bash shell scripting, python, linux, Git, SSH and networking
- Maintained software documentation from commercial to open-source simulation software (e.g. ANSYS, STAR CCM+, OpenFOAM, Abaqus, Nastran, etc)

### Director of Process Control @ Byington Steel Treating,Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, CA
- Implemented and managed on-site instrumentation: temperature controllers, thermocouples, and data acquisition systems; set up process controls using SCADA software (Specview)
- Directed the company’s Quality Management System (QMS); was responsible for achieving Aerospace Standard re-certification (AS9100)
- Oversaw calibration and lab services such as temperature uniformity surveys and metallurgical tests
- Directly dealt with customer’s technical and engineering leaders in the manufacturing supply chain

### Mechanical Engineer @ Byington Steel Treating,Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Santa Clara, CA
- Design of heat treating tooling such as fixtures and furnace equipment assemblies using CAD software
- Project management of new equipment installation and outsourced fabrication; collaboration with on-site maintenance department to validate furnaces prior to production release
- Assisted Production department in planning of heat treating job activities, training personnel on technical tasks such as reading blueprints, and providing customer support

### Test Engineer @ simplehuman
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Torrance, CA
- Performed quality control and testing of simplehuman sensor products
- Implemented test rigs and procedures to test/validate R&D and production firmware projects
- Worked cross-functionally with software and electrical engineers during product development
- Was responsible for product release from completed development to mass production

### Undergraduate Researcher @ Computational Biomechanics at UCLA
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
- Investigated the structural mechanics of biomolecules such as the elastic deformation of viral shells
- Analyzed Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) images and compared against simulated results using Abaqus CAE; managed the simulation environment in HPC clusters


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
San José State University

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bsotelo

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Last updated: 2026-04-01