What you do at AMD changes everything 
 

At AMD, we push the boundaries of what is possible.  We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies – building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the data center. 
 

Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the “extra mile” to achieve unthinkable results.  It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world.   If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.
 

Performance Engineer, High Performance Computing

THE ROLE:

Would you like to be part of a world class team enabling applications for high performance computing? AMD is searching for talented and highly motivated computational scientists/engineers to join our team of developers preparing applications for supercomputing platforms across industry, academia, and national laboratories.

This position is for a performance optimization engineer in high performance computing.  You will be responsible for performance analysis and tuning of high-performance computing applications on AMD CPU and GPU platforms.

THE PERSON:

A computer scientist or engineer with strong GPU programming skills and a demonstrated track record of improving performance for applications and libraries widely used by the scientific computing community. Must be self-motivated and possess the ability to work well within a team environment.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computational Physics, Engineering or related subject, or equivalent experience
• At least five years of relevant industry experience

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and optimize high-performance computing software and applications for use on AMD hardware
• Analyze, identify performance bottlenecks, and document performance characteristics of applications, libraries, development tools, and runtimes.
• Represent AMD to customers and other third parties, and act as the customer advocate when presenting to AMD audiences
• Engage with AMD product groups to drive resolution of performance issues
• Develop and present training materials to internal audiences, at customer venues, and at industry conferences

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience in implementing and optimizing parallel methods on GPU accelerators in distributed memory systems with MPI, CUDA, HIP, OpenMP, and OpenCL
• Expert performance analysis skills for both CPU and GPU
• Extensive experience developing and using scientific computing software applications
• “Ninja” level programming skills, especially in C/C++ and assembly language
• Expertise with build system tools including Make, CMake, autoconf, and autotools
• In-depth knowledge of software development practices including debug, test, revision control, documentation, and bug tracking
• Strong team development skills including demonstrated expertise with git and Jira

• Ability to work well in geographically dispersed teams