HPC Applications & Performance Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is hiring an HPC Applications & Performance Engineer in Houston, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Hpc, performance engineering and benchmarking.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 1,700+ other open roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
AI in this role
Benchmarks, profiles, and tunes HPC and AI-related applications and supercomputer infrastructure.
This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
HPE is seeking an experienced HPC performance engineer who is excited to help drive the performance of systems used to solve the world’s biggest problems. As a member of the HPC and AI Solutions and Performance Engineering team, this engineer will benchmark, profile, and tune HPC and AI related applications along with industry-standard benchmarks across HPE’s HPC and AI product portfolio to identify, analyze, and resolve engineering and customer issues. This engineer will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading scientists and engineers, contributing to groundbreaking innovation in HPC and AI. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical capability in HPC scientific applications, performance analysis, and HPC architecture, along with a commitment to advancing the performance of HPE supercomputers deployed at customer sites worldwide.
This role is based in Bloomington, MN or Spring, TX
This position will support government accounts. Therefore, due to federal export-control regulations, the selected candidate must hold U.S. citizenship, U.S. lawful permanent resident/Green Card status or otherwise have a category of refugee/asylee status enabling them to perform the role without requiring a license under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Responsibilities
Provide pre- and post-sales technical and benchmarking support to enable HPC or AI customer opportunities
Collaborate with HPE product engineering, product management, and marketing to influence current and future product capabilities and direction
Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their impact on product differentiation (performance and features) for key customer applications
Develop and maintain current knowledge of HPE and competitor HPC/AI products and performance optimization techniques to ensure the team continues to deliver high-quality benchmark results
Lead application-focused performance studies and projects, and author technical reports and papers that communicate findings and recommendations
Needed qualifications:
Bachelors, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent
7+ years of demonstrated experience with high-end HPC systems and performance analysis/tuning of scalable HPC applications
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery of English required
Preferred qualifications:
Experience with large-scale HPC systems and software
Experience with large-scale AI systems and software is preferred
Detailed understanding of multiprocessor and GPU hardware architectures, capabilities, and parallel programming techniques (e.g., OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, HIP)
Proficiency with key industry-standard HPC benchmarks (e.g., HPL, HPCG, OSU MPI, NCCL/RCCL) on CPUs and GPUs is preferred
Experience with performance projection methodologies to model performance of alternate system architectures using performance measurement tools and techniques is preferred
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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TCP_04"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 105,500 - 243,000 in Minnesota & Texas
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."
Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.
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How we rate this
HPC Applications & Performance Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where performance engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where benchmarking was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where profiling was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where hpc architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Hpc in your day-to-day work.
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