Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

NextSilicon is reimagining high-performance computing. Our accelerated compute solutions leverage intelligent adaptive algorithms to vastly accelerate supercomputers, driving them forward into a new generation. Our new software-defined hardware architecture enables HPC to fulfill its promise of breakthroughs in all fields of advanced research.

In Short

• Seeking a Software Engineer to investigate CPU performance.
• Work with cycle-accurate CPU simulations.
• Conduct comparative analyses with competitor compute accelerator chips.
• Study large systems down to minute detail.
• 5 years of experience in software engineering or performance modeling.
• Experience in C, C++, Rust or another low-level programming language.
• System level programming experience is a must.
• Experience in assembly language, hardware simulation, and software performance engineering is an advantage.
• Collaborate with the team to define new hardware features.
• Identify performance bottlenecks in real-life code.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience either in software engineering or performance modeling.
• Experience in C, C++, Rust or another low-level programming language.
• System level programming experience - a must.
• Experience in assembly language — an advantage.
• Experience in hardware simulation — an advantage.
• Experience in software performance engineering — an advantage.
• Experience with CPU architecture - an advantage.

Benefits

• Gain a detailed understanding of our hardware components.
• Thoroughly understand how our CPU simulation software replicates hardware.
• Develop tools to identify and troubleshoot inaccuracies in the simulation software’s modeling of the hardware.
• Collaborate with the team to define new hardware features that improve performance.
• Identify performance bottlenecks in real-life code.