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From the employer's careers site First seen 21 Jul 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

HPC Performance Engineer

NVIDIA Remote senior full-time

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Description

NVIDIA is seeking an HPC Performance Engineer in its NVHPC compilers & tools group. The successful candidate will analyze High Performance Computing (HPC) applications to improve performance by driving compiler optimizations and library enhancements.

The role involves:

  • Analyzing the impact of compilers and optimizations on HPC application performance
  • Evaluating how the compiler and runtime can enhance performance on CPU and CPU/GPU platforms
  • Collaborating with application engineering to communicate compiler limitations and guide performance improvements
  • Porting HPC applications to various platforms and programming models
  • Assessing the impact of NVHPC package components, device drivers, and system configurations on application performance

Requirements include:

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or related engineering field
  • 5+ years of programming experience
  • Proficiency in Fortran, C, C++, and parallel programming techniques, particularly for compilers
  • Experience with OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, and Standard Language Parallelism
  • Strong performance analysis and tuning skills, with a broad understanding of parallel applications development tools and runtime environments
  • Solid mathematical foundations, including linear algebra and numerical methods
  • Expert interpersonal skills, logical problem-solving approach, and excellent communication skills

Preferred qualifications:

  • Deep understanding of machine architectures and micro-architectures
  • Experience with debugging, porting, and assembly language programming

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Skills

Required

  • Fortran
  • C
  • C++
  • OpenACC
  • OpenMP
  • MPI
  • CUDA
  • parallel programming
  • performance analysis
  • linear algebra
  • numerical methods

Nice to have

  • machine architectures
  • micro-architectures
  • debugging
  • porting
  • assembly language programming

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