HPC Field Applications Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Identify and assess opportunities for NextSilicon's HPC and AI acceleration technologies within various industry sectors, governmental bodies, and academic institutions.

• Port, benchmark, and optimize applications across various high-performance computing architectures, including CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs.

• Collaborate with sales and business development teams to discover and qualify new prospects.

• Utilize and expand existing client networks to enhance opportunity pipeline growth.

• Develop and substantiate requirements for future generations of hardware and software.

• Coordinate with technical specialists and decision-makers at both existing and prospective clients.

• Advise customers on how to maximize the value of NextSilicon technology for specific applications.

• Conduct and lead performance studies, code-porting projects, and proof-of-concept initiatives.

• Support sales partners by creating winning proposals, detailing technical requirements, and articulating value propositions.

• Collect, validate, document, and discuss customer requirements with product management and engineering teams.

• Provide competitive market insights and strategic guidance to sales and engineering teams.

• Evaluate and mitigate technology risks for clients and NextSilicon.

• Demonstrate the value of NextSilicon technology for various customer use cases.

• Work towards achieving sales targets and other key performance indicators.

• Report on activities and strategize with colleagues and management.

• Broaden expertise in application categories, market sectors, competitors, methodologies, technical frameworks, and NextSilicon technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline (computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or engineering) with a strong emphasis on scientific computing.

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in the field, with at least 4 years in the commercial sector.

• Hands-on experience with at least two computing architectures (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, vector processors, etc.).

• Practical knowledge in at least two application domains, such as finite element methods, computational fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, high-energy or astrophysics, quantum chemistry, weather/climate simulations, or AI training and inference frameworks.

• Experience in at least two industry sectors is highly desired, including government, academia, finance, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecommunications, engineering, or logistics.

• Strong parallel programming experience with both MPI and OpenMP.

• Solid background in C/C++ and Fortran programming.

• Willingness to learn and further develop Fortran skills.

• Experience with UNIX (Linux) and shell programming.

• Excellent presentation and customer-facing interpersonal skills.

• Strong technical writing capabilities.

• U.S. citizenship with the eligibility to visit U.S. government research facilities.

• Ability and readiness to travel up to 40%, primarily within North America and occasionally internationally.

• A Master's or Ph.D. with relevant specialization is an advantage.

• Proficiency in Python programming is a plus.

• Evidence of peer-reviewed publications is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work options available for exceptional candidates.

• Hybrid work arrangement preferred in Austin, TX, or Minneapolis, MN offices.

• Opportunity to work on next-generation HPC accelerators and software-defined hardware.

• Collaboration with sales, business development, research and development, product management, engineering, and application support teams.