Simulator Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking an experienced team member to develop and maintain performance models of hardware in a hybrid role, requiring three days in the Mountain View, CA office. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and strong skills in software engineering, particularly in Rust or cycle-accurate simulators. The compensation ranges from $120,000 to $400,000 based on experience, with options for equity. Join us to contribute to groundbreaking AGI solutions.

Qualifications

• Excellent software engineering skills, with a focus on maintainable performance.
• Strong foundation in computer architecture fundamentals.
• Rust experience AND/OR experience writing cycle-accurate simulators.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain functional and performance models of hardware.
• Develop tools and infrastructure to aid in efficient correlation, debug, and testing.
• Collaborate with model customers: architecture, verification/validation, compiler, and runtime teams.

Skills

Software engineering skills

Cross-functional communication skills

Rust programming experience

Architecture fundamentals

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent degree

Job description

We are on a mission to be the compute platform for AGI. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the largest ML workloads for AGI. We primarily use the Rust programming language.

Responsibilities include

• Develop and maintain functional and performance models of our hardware
• Develop tools and infrastructure to aid in efficient correlation, debug, and testing
• Collaborate with model customers: architecture, verification/validation, compiler, and runtime teams
• Contribute to architectural decisions and reviews
• Investigate and implement performance optimizations

Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Excellent software engineering skills, with a focus on maintainable performant
• Strong foundation in computer architecture fundamentals
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills
• Rust experience AND/OR experience writing cycle-accurate simulators
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday

Preferences (any of the following)

• Deep knowledge of Machine Learning Accelerator architectures
• Experience with benchmarking and optimizing code
• Familiar with processor, memory, and networking architectures
• An understanding of Power, Performance, Cost tradeoffs

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation. Our offers allow candidates to swap cash for equity. The broad ranges for mid/senior candidates reflect greater flexibility for cash/equity swap.

• 0-5 years of experience - $120,000 - $200,000 + equity
• 5-10 years of experience - $120,000 -$300,000 + equity
• 10+ years experience - $120,000 - $400,000 + equity