ASIC Engineer, Architecture Kernel Development

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 146,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Job summary

Meta is seeking an ASIC engineer focused on architecture kernel development to join our infrastructure team. You will help build accelerators for large-scale workloads and collaborate with AI/ML experts to prototype reference PyTorch backends for these accelerators.

Responsibilities include developing AI kernels for Meta AI models, creating static performance analysis tools, and validating performance on RTL simulation/emulation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent.
• 6+ years in software development for massively parallel HPC or kernel development.
• Proficient in C, C++, Python.
• Experience with computer architecture or silicon development tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI kernels for Meta AI models on Meta AI Accelerators.
• Develop tools for static performance analysis and debug on the dynamic performance simulator.
• Identify the compiler, ISA, and optimizations and validate performance on RTL simulation/emulation.

Skills

C/C++/Python programming

Parallel workload optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Pre-silicon validation tools

RTL simulation/emulation tools

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an ASIC engineer, architecture kernel development to join our infrastructure organization. Our servers and data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure efficiently operates, and upon which our innovative services are delivered. By holding this role, you will be an integral member of an ASIC team to build accelerators for some of our top workloads, enabling our data centers to scale efficiently. You will have an opportunity to work with AI/ML experts in the company, help architect state-of-the-art machine learning accelerators and contribute to prototyping a reference PyTorch backend for these accelerators. Come work and learn alongside our engineers to build “Green” data center accelerators.

Required Skills:

ASIC Engineer, Architecture Kernel Development Responsibilities:

1. Work on developing AI kernels for Meta AI models on Meta AI Accelerators
2. Develop tools for static performance analysis. Debug performance on the dynamic performance simulator
3. Identify the compiler, ISA, and optimizations. Help validate performance on RTL simulation / emulation

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
2. 6+ years of experience in software development mapping massively parallel workloads for HPC or kernel development
3. Programming in C, C++, Python, or related programming languages
4. Experience with computer architecture or tools for silicon development

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related areas with experience in driving ML performance optimization and trade-offs
2. Experience in developing and optimizing compute or collective kernels using CUDA or similar programming models (SSE, AVX, NEON, Hexagon DSP, etc.)
3. Understanding of GPU architectures or other AI accelerator architectures
4. Experience working in pre-silicon validation processes, including development and validation with pre-silicon tools and models
5. Experience with firmware development, API design, device driver development, and library implementation

Public Compensation:

$146,000/year to $209,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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