HPC & AI Performance Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States is seeking a seasoned HPC and AI systems engineer to lead benchmarking and optimization across CPU, GPU, memory, and storage, supporting government accounts.

The role is hybrid, based in Houston, TX or Bloomington, MN, requiring strong C/C++, Python, MPI/OpenMP, and experience with NVIDIA GPUs; a Master’s degree or PhD is preferred.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with HPC and AI workloads, including MLPerf, large language models and AI training/inference benchmarks.
• Knowledge of HPC and AI system architecture, including CPUs, GPUs, memory, networking, storage, and software stacks.
• Understanding of parallel and distributed programming techniques (MPI/OpenMP/OpenSHMEM) and performance considerations for HPC/AI workloads.
• Ability to lead complex HPC/AI performance projects and translate findings into customer-facing recommendations.
• Experience with Linux-based HPC/AI software environments including C, C++, Fortran, Python, MPI, MPI-IO, OpenMP and AI frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead HPC and AI benchmarking projects across CPU, GPU, network, memory, and storage platforms.
• Evaluate HPC and AI architectures using performance models and benchmark data.
• Run and analyze scientific, engineering, LLM, AI training and inference workloads.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize applications, AI frameworks, libraries, and compilers.
• Apply parallel computing and GPU acceleration with profiling and memory/I/O optimization.

Skills

HPC workloads

AI workloads

MPI

OpenMP

CUDA

HIP

OpenSHMEM

C/C++

Python

Linux scripting

Performance profiling

OpenACC

Education

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Tools

CUDA

HIP

OpenMP

MPI

MPI-IO

OpenACC

Linux

Job description

Job Description:

HPE operates at the forefront of a fast-moving HPC and AI industry. We are looking for driven engineers who thrive on complex technical challenges and consistently deliver high-quality results that strengthen the performance, competitiveness, and success of HPE’s HPC & AI solutions for customers worldwide. This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' the selected candidate will work on average 2 days per week from a HPE office in Houston, TX or Bloomington, MN . This position will support government accounts. Therefore, due to federal export-control regulations, the selected candidate must hold U.S. citizenship, U.S. lawful permanent resident/Green Card status or otherwise have a category of refugee/asylee status enabling them to perform the role without requiring a license under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Required Responsibilities:

• Lead HPC and AI benchmarking projects across CPU, GPU, network, memory, and storage platforms.


• Evaluate HPE and competitive HPC and AI architectures using performance models and benchmark data.


• Run and analyze scientific, engineering, large language model (LLM), AI training and inference, storage, and I/O workloads.


• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize applications, AI frameworks, libraries, compilers, runtimes, and system software.


• Apply parallel computing, GPU acceleration, profiling, and memory and I/O optimization to deliver credible, repeatable results.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of Experience with HPC and AI workloads, including scientific and engineering applications, MLPerf, large language models such as DeepSeek, Kimi K2.6 or K3, and gpt-oss-120b, AI training and inference, storage benchmarks, and performance-profiling tools.


• Relevant coursework and internship experience will be considered.


• Knowledge of HPC and AI system architecture, including CPUs, GPUs and other accelerators, memory, networking, storage, and software stacks, with the ability to explain their impact on application and benchmark performance.


• Understanding of parallel and distributed programming techniques, including MPI, OpenMP, OpenSHMEM, algorithms, and performance considerations for HPC and AI workloads.


• Ability to lead complex HPC and AI performance projects, work effectively across technical teams, and translate findings into customer-focused recommendations.


• Demonstrated ability to analyze and optimize computational applications and benchmarks on Linux-based HPC and AI systems.


• Experience with HPC and AI software environments, including C, C++, Fortran, Python, Linux scripting, compilers, MPI, MPI-IO, OpenMP, and relevant AI frameworks and libraries.


• Experience with NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Instinct MI-series accelerators, including offloading computational routines using CUDA, HIP, OpenMP target offload, OpenACC, or comparable programming models for HPC and AI workloads.


• Experience using performance-profiling, tracing, and debugging tools on Linux-based HPC and AI systems.


• Ability to interpret benchmark results, identify performance bottlenecks, and recommend improvements for HPC and AI applications and systems.


• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical findings clearly to engineering teams, customers, and business stakeholders; professional proficiency in English required.


• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, environmental science, or a related technical field; PhD preferred.

What We Can Offer You:

• Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.


• Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.


• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.


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The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 109,000 - 251,000 in Minnesota & Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

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