Staff HPC Applications Engineer - Accelerate Simulations

Next Silicon Ltd; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NextSilicon is seeking an experienced Staff Applications Engineer to join the Applications team, with demonstrated ability in moving HPC applications onto new platforms and in evaluating performance on node and at scale.

Location: Hybrid in Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN (or remote for exceptional candidates). The role involves driving software features based on analysis of customer-defined applications and measuring performance improvements on a bleeding-edge dataflow architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline with a significant focus on scientific computing.
• Master’s or Ph.D. with relevant specialization is a plus.
• Strong parallel programming experience using both MPI and OpenMP is required.
• Hands-on experience with one or more HPC application domains.
• Hands-on experience with one or more AI/ML frameworks, such as PyTorch.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and/or Fortran.
• Ability to measure application-level performance and profile HPC applications at the node level and at scale.
• Willingness to travel as necessary.
• US citizenship with eligibility to visit US government research facilities.

Responsibilities

• Profile and identify bottlenecks of a wide range of HPC applications on different architectures.
• Develop creative algorithmic and software solutions to solve bottlenecks and accelerate applications on a novel dataflow architecture.
• Translate application requirements into software features and hardware requirements.
• Develop performance models for future hardware architectures.

Skills

MPI

OpenMP

C/C++

Fortran

Parallel programming

AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch)

Performance profiling

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s or Ph.D. preferred

Job description

NextSilicon is seeking an experienced Staff Applications Engineer to join the Applications team, with demonstrated ability in moving HPC applications onto new platforms and in evaluating performance on node and at scale.

Location: Hybrid in Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN (or remote for exceptional candidates). The role involves driving software features based on analysis of customer-defined applications and measuring performance improvements on a bleeding-edge dataflow architecture.