Senior Data Center Performance Engineer for AI/ML Workloads

Micron Technology, Inc.; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 116,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Bonuses

Equity

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Performance Engineer to develop data center–scale performance and power models for SSDs and DRAM in servers and data centers.

You will write tools in Python, C/C++, and analyze AI training, inference, and large-scale analytics workloads to guide architecture decisions. The role combines hands-on lab work, software development, and collaboration with architects and product engineers, offering opportunities to deepen expertise in data center

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience; MS/PhD counts as 1+ year.
• Hands-on experience with Linux servers and physical hardware.
• Experience writing software for modeling, simulation, data analysis, or automation.
• Experience building or extending a performance, power, or analytical model and checking it against measured data.
• Working knowledge of compute, memory, storage, and interconnect systems, including PCIe, DMA, and memory fundamentals.
• Ability to explain technical findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Build performance and power models for SSDs and DRAM in servers and data centers.
• Write tools in Python, C/C++, or a similar language.
• Use benchmarks, workload traces, and field telemetry to project performance.
• Test server platforms.
• Measure throughput, latency, bandwidth use, endurance, and power.
• Use the results to validate models.
• Analyze AI and data‑intensive workloads.
• Compare performance, power, and cost across compute, memory, storage, and interconnect choices.
• Share model assumptions, results, and recommendations.
• Contribute to simulation or emulation work when needed.

Skills

Performance modeling

Linux servers

Data analysis

Automation

Explain technical findings clearly

Education

BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

MS/PhD or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

C/C++

Job description

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Performance Engineer to develop data center–scale performance and power models for SSDs and DRAM in servers and data centers.

You will write tools in Python, C/C++, and analyze AI training, inference, and large-scale analytics workloads to guide architecture decisions. The role combines hands-on lab work, software development, and collaboration with architects and product engineers, offering opportunities to deepen expertise in data center