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HPC Performance Engineer

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (US, OR (Remote)), Hybrid (US, CA (Remote)), Hybrid (US, TX (Remote)), Hybrid (US, MA (Remote))$152k - $241.5kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

HPC Performance Engineer in the NVHPC compilers & tools group focused on analyzing HPC applications to improve performance through compiler optimizations, library enhancements, and platform-specific tuning across CPU and CPU/GPU systems.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze the effect of different compilers and compiler optimizations on HPC application performance.
  • Evaluate whether and how the compiler and runtime can improve 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.

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.
  • Expert interpersonal skills, logical problem-solving approach, good time management and task prioritization, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

Required:Compiler optimization impact analysisParallel programmingOpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, CUDA

Benefits

  • equity
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • NVIDIA benefits (provided link)
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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