Senior Hardware Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Automated Testing
Bash
Benchmarking
C++
CPU

Job Details

We are looking for Senior Hardware Engineer for our client in Austin, TX
Job Title: Senior Hardware Engineer
Job Location: Austin, TX
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
  • The Server Performance Engineer will analyze benchmarks and performance characteristics of next-generation AMD servers and AI accelerators.
  • The role involves researching trade-offs in server architecture, collecting and analyzing performance data, and identifying bottlenecks and limitations in systems and SoCs.
  • This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize server performance for memory hierarchy, storage systems, scheduling, and I/O devices.
Requirement/Must Have:
  • Analyze benchmark results and performance characteristics of servers and AI accelerators.
  • Research architectural trade-offs related to memory hierarchy, storage, scheduling, and I/O devices.
  • Collect and evaluate performance data from CPU counters, benchmarks, and other sources.
  • Execute industry-standard benchmarks to evaluate system performance.
  • Use Linux performance analysis tools and methods.
  • Experience with test automation and performance workload execution.
  • Strong understanding of computer system architecture.
  • Programming and scripting skills (C/C++, BASH, Python, etc.).
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with team members.
  • Experience with PCIe testing and hardware validation.
Preferred Skills:
  • Experience with benchmarks such as STREAM, Multichase, SPECCPU2017, HPL, DGEMM, GUPS, SPECjbb, etc.
  • Experience with I/O benchmarks and tools such as Infiniband, iPerf3, FIO, etc.
  • Experience benchmarking memory technologies including DDR5, CXL, HBM, and others.
  • Experience performing competitive analysis of server architectures and AI workloads.
Experience:
  • Demonstrated experience with Linux performance analysis and benchmarking.
  • Experience with test automation in performance validation environments.
  • Highly motivated independent contributor with a desire to develop deep technical expertise.
Qualification And Education:
  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field preferred.
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