Performance Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL
Job posting number: #7127122 (Ref:415186)
Posted: March 1, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Argonne National Laboratory is a multi-disciplinary research institution offering world-class opportunities in the area of High-Performance Computing and housing the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), the Mathematics and Computer Science Division (MCS), the Computational Science Division (CPS), and the Data Science and Learning Division.
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) is seeking a staff scientist to enable and develop software and scientific applications for one of the world’s first exascale systems to be deployed at Argonne National Lab.
In this role, you can expect to:
- Work closely with members of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) community to enhance the performance and capabilities of their software and applications through algorithmic improvements, code parallelization, performance analysis, and use of novel architectural features.
- Develop and apply new capabilities in HPC including computational algorithms and performance tools for future exascale systems and developing a deep understanding of scientific applications from diverse science disciplines.
- Become a member of the performance engineering group which is responsible for application performance analysis, performance and debugging tools, programming models, future hardware assessment, and interactions with vendors on the design of future HPC systems.
Position Requirements
- A PhD or equivalent experience in a computational science discipline, computer science, applied mathematics, or in a related field.
- Skill in advanced scientific computing and software development along with experience utilizing and developing for large scale HPC systems with experience in at least one of the following:
- Understanding of computer architecture and experience in the analysis and improvement of application performance
- Familiarity with numerical algorithms and their application in one or more scientific domain
- High performance networking
- Parallel computing models, including SYCL, CUDA, MPI, OpenMP, or OpenACC
- High performance storage or I/O
- Application performance modeling and projection
- Knowledge and experience in one or more scientific programming language such as C, C++, or FORTRAN
- Ability to mentor postdoctoral researchers and students
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
- Good experience and skills in interdisciplinary research involving mathematicians, computer scientists, and application scientists
- Collaborative skills including the ability to work well with other laboratories and universities, supercomputer centers, and industry as well as the ability to communicate well with people of diverse backgrounds and computer knowledge
- Openings are available immediately, but there is flexibility in start dates for highly qualified candidates.
The selected candidate will be placed at the appropriate level (RD2 or RD3) dependent upon depth and breadth of relevant knowledge and skills brought to the position, as well as the amount of relevant experience. The basic requirements of the various levels are as follows:
- RD2: PhD and 0+ years, or equivalent
- RD3: PhD and 4+ years, or equivalent
Job Family
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Computer Science 2Worker Type
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