Staff HPC Applications Engineer

NextSilicon

$135K — $160K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • US citizenship and eligibility to visit US government research facilities
  • B.S. degree in a hard science, engineering, computer science, or related field; M.S. or Ph.D. preferred
  • Hands-on experience in one or more HPC domains, especially scientific applications at scale
  • Proficiency in C/C++/Fortran with familiarity in other languages
  • Experience with parallel programming models, particularly OpenMP and MPI
  • Ability to profile performance at both node level and scale
  • Willingness to travel as necessary
  • Strong independent working ability in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

  • Profile and identify bottlenecks in various HPC applications across architectures
  • Develop algorithmic and software solutions to optimize applications
  • Translate customer application needs into actionable software and hardware specifications
  • Create performance models for upcoming hardware architectures

Benefits

  • Hybrid working environment in Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN or remote for exceptional candidates
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a multidisciplinary context
  • Engagement with a broad range of scientific applications across various fields
  • Potential for professional growth and development in a dynamic team environment
Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Staff Applications Engineer to join the Applications team, with demonstrated ability in moving HPC applications onto new platforms and in evaluating performance on node and at scale.

Location: Hybrid in either our Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN offices (or willing to relocate) preferred but Remote considered for exceptional candidates.

As part of a software-defined hardware company, you will play a pivotal role in driving new software features based on your analysis of customer-defined applications and measuring the resulting performance improvements. This role stands on the edge of computer science/architecture and scientific applications which span a wide range of fields, including but not limited to graph algorithms, sparse computations, weather prediction, seismic imaging, genomics, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and computational fluid dynamics. If you have a passion for science, a knack for solving complex problems, and thrive in a bleeding-edge multidisciplinary environment, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

  • US citizenship and eligibility to visit US government research facilities
  • B.S. degree in a hard science, engineering, computer science, or a related field; M.S. or Ph.D. strongly preferred


  • Hands-on experience with development applications in one or more HPC domains, particularly scientific applications that run at rack or system scale
  • High level of proficiency in one of C/C++/Fortran and familiarity with the others
  • Extensive experience with node level and distributed parallel programming models and a working understanding of OpenMP, MPI in particular
  • Ability to measure application-level performance and profile HPC applications at the node level and at scale
  • Willingness to travel as necessary
  • Ability to work remotely and independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal direct supervision


Desired Skills:

  • Expertise in competitive performance analysis is strongly preferred
  • CUDA or similar GPU kernel languages
  • Hands-on experience with one or more AI/ML frameworks, such as pytorch

Responsibilities

  • Profile and identify bottlenecks of a wide range of HPC applications on different architectures
  • Develop creative algorithmic and software solutions to solve bottlenecks and accelerate applications on a novel dataflow architecture
  • Translate application requirements into software features and hardware requirements
  • Develop performance models for future hardware architectures

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