High Performance Computing Performance Engineer

Job description

Job ID 1023603 Date posted 10/31/2018 Primary Location Houston, Texas, United States; Eagan, Minnesota, United States Other location Houston,Texas,United States of America Job Category Engineering Schedule Full time Shift No shift premium (United States of America)

HPE is seeking an experienced GPU performance engineer for our HPC Performance and Applications team to work on benchmarking, profiling, and tuning key GPU-related benchmarks and applications across the full range of HPE HPC and AI product offerings.

Responsibilities:
o    Supporting the HPE sales team with pre-sales technical assistance and benchmarking in support of HPC customer sales opportunities
o    Analyzing and documenting performance characteristics of the HPC applications for which you are responsible
o    Providing technical consultation to application benchmarkers in support of application stability and performance
o    Evaluating new technologies and driving HPE differentiation, both in performance and features, into key applications
o    Frequent interaction with HPE product engineering and marketing on current and future product features and directions
o    Drive application related performance studies and projects as well as author technical reports and papers related to these efforts
o    Work with HPE product management and marketing to provide performance data in support of new product introductions and initiatives

Education and Experience Required:
o    Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or equivalent
o    Knowledge and experience with HPC systems and software
o    Knowledge and experience with HPC applications running on GPUs
o    Knowledge and experience with key HPC benchmarks on GPUs (HPL, HPCG) a plus
o    3+ years of demonstrated experience with high-end HPC systems and performance analysis/tuning of scalable HPC applications

Knowledge and Skills:
o    Experience with multiprocessor HPC hardware architectures, processor capabilities, GPU programming models like OpenACC and CUDA, and parallel programming techniques including detailed knowledge of MPI and OpenMPI
o    Experience with configuring and analyzing GPUs and GPU-based applications in HPC environments
o    Experience with HPC software development tools including compilers, debuggers, and performance measurement tools
o    Proficiency in a high-level programming languages such as C++ and Fortran
o    Proficiency with the Linux operating systems including scripting
o    Strong self-driven work ethic and motivation
o    Ability to multi-task with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
o    Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
o    Integrity, customer focus, innovation, teamwork, and accountability in daily work
o    Ability to work in a fast paced, multitasking environment with demanding deadlines
o    Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Mastery in English required

Job located in HPE's Houston TX or Eagan MN locations

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities. HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to the use of arrest and conviction records, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and similar laws and will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.