Senior HPC Performance Engineer

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184K-288K Annually
Senior level
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The Role
Analyze and run HPC applications to improve performance, assist in GPU acceleration, advise engineering teams on optimization opportunities.
Summary Generated by Built In

As a member of our team in NVIDIA's NVHPC compilers & tools group, you will analyze and run High Performance Computing (HPC) applications on HPC servers and systems to gain insight into the performance characteristics of these applications. The applications you'll work with range from small synthetic benchmarks that use a single core to full applications that utilize all of the resources on distributed-memory systems with heterogeneous compute nodes including CPUs, GPUs and many-core processors. In this role you will analyze these applications and identify optimization opportunities for compiler development teams and application engineering teams.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Assist customers GPU accelerate HPC applications.

  • Analyze High Performance Computing (HPC) applications to better understand their performance characteristics.

  • Provide advise and drive compiler and applications engineering development teams based on the analysis of these HPC applications.

What we need to see:

  • BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related engineering field.

  • 8+ Years of programming experience.

  • Solid understanding of Fortran/C/C++, as well as programming techniques, especially for parallel architectures; preferably for compilers

  • Experience with OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, and CUDA.

  • 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 approach to problem solving, good time management and task prioritization skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to work in a dynamic product oriented team.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • You have a deep understanding of machine architectures and micro-architectures.

  • Experience with debugging and porting as well as assembly language programming is a significant advantage.

  • Experience is leading and/or managing projects is a plus.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 21, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills Required

  • 8+ Years of programming experience
  • Solid understanding of Fortran/C/C++ programming techniques
  • Experience with OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, and CUDA
  • Strong skills in performance analysis and tuning
  • Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra and numerical methods
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

NVIDIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NVIDIA and has not been reviewed or approved by NVIDIA.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity awards and a discounted ESPP are highlighted as core parts of total compensation, enabling employees to share in the company’s success. Stock-based compensation and the two-year lookback ESPP are consistently described as especially valuable.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is portrayed as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside mental health support and on-site care resources. Employer HSA contributions and wellness perks reinforce the depth of the offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs are depicted as strong, featuring a meaningful 401(k) match with Roth options and support for Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. These elements position long-term savings as a notable advantage of the total rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”

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