HPC Performance Engineer: Tuning CPU/GPU Applications

NVIDIA; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a HPC Performance Engineer in its NVHPC compilers & tools group. You will analyze HPC applications, drive compiler optimizations, and collaborate with compiler development and application engineering teams to deliver effective performance solutions.

Responsibilities include evaluating compiler and runtime improvements on CPU and CPU/GPU platforms, porting HPC applications to different platforms, tuning performance, and communicating limits of compiler capabilities to guide

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of programming experience.
• Solid understanding of Fortran, C, C++, and programming techniques, especially for parallel architectures, preferably for compilers.
• Experience with OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, CUDA and Standard Language Parallelism.
• Strong skills in performance analysis and tuning, as well as a broad understanding of parallel applications development tools and runtime environments.
• Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra and numerical methods.
• Understand performance considerations, tradeoffs, and impact.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to work in a dynamic development team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the effect of different compilers and compiler optimizations on HPC application performance.
• Evaluate whether and how the compiler and runtime can improve the performance of key HPC applications on CPU and CPU/GPU platforms.
• Communicate limits of compiler capabilities with application engineering to guide the best path forward towards improving performance.
• Port HPC applications to different platforms and programming models.
• Evaluate the impact of NVHPC package components, device driver, and system configuration on application performance.

Skills

Programming experience

Fortran/C/C++

OpenACC/OpenMP/MPI/CUDA

Performance analysis

Math fundamentals

Parallel architectures

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS or equivalent in CS or related engineering field

Tools

CUDA

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a HPC Performance Engineer in its NVHPC compilers & tools group. You will analyze HPC applications, drive compiler optimizations, and collaborate with compiler development and application engineering teams to deliver effective performance solutions.

Responsibilities include evaluating compiler and runtime improvements on CPU and CPU/GPU platforms, porting HPC applications to different platforms, tuning performance, and communicating limits of compiler capabilities to guide