HPC Middleware Engineer — GPU Communications

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 111,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Stock bonuses

Health benefits and retirement

Job summary

Intel's Communication Runtimes team in Hillsboro is seeking a Middleware Development Engineer to design, build, and optimize software communication libraries for HPC and AI workloads at scale.

You will identify bottlenecks in the oneCCL library, optimize latency and bandwidth, and collaborate across teams to push performance on Intel GPUs and CPUs, enabling climate modeling, drug discovery, and large-scale ML initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or STEM-related field with 3+ yrs. of experience in software development.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or STEM-related field with 1+ yrs. of experience in software development.
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or STEM-related field with 3+ months of experience in software development.

Responsibilities

• Identify performance bottlenecks and additional features necessary to run Argonne AI COE workloads.
• Optimize runtime software for distributed computing systems, ensuring optimal latency and bandwidth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical specifications and software requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across multiple hardware and software stack layers.
• Contribute to software innovations that enhance HPC and AI capabilities at unprecedented scale.
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to maximize performance on Intel architectures.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Linux environments

Multithreaded programming

Runtime performance optimization

GPU software development

Software development in HPC contexts

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Math or STEM with 3+ yrs

Master's degree with 1+ yrs

PhD with 3+ months

Tools

MPI

SHMEM

oneCCL/NCCL

Job description

Intel's Communication Runtimes team in Hillsboro is seeking a Middleware Development Engineer to design, build, and optimize software communication libraries for HPC and AI workloads at scale.

You will identify bottlenecks in the oneCCL library, optimize latency and bandwidth, and collaborate across teams to push performance on Intel GPUs and CPUs, enabling climate modeling, drug discovery, and large-scale ML initiatives.