AI Compute Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$124,000–$195,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
25 days ago
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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · AI Compute Engineer

The AI Compute Engineer - NVIS joins the Infrastructure Specialists team to build some of the world's largest and fastest AI Compute systems. This role involves interacting with customers, partners, and internal teams to analyze, define, and implement large-scale AI Compute projects. Primary responsibilities include deploying, managing, and validating AI Compute and HPC infrastructure in Linux-based environments. Key tasks involve providing domain expertise during planning calls, performing knowledge transfers, and providing feedback to internal teams. Required skills include Linux system administration, networking, and scripting in Bash, Python, or Ansible. Candidates should possess experience with schedulers like SLURM or LSF, benchmarking tools like MLPerf, and Kubernetes. Technical knowledge of InfiniBand, MPI, and storage technologies like Lustre or GPFS is also highly relevant for this work.

What you'll do

  • Deploy, manage, and validate AI Compute and HPC infrastructure in Linux-based environments.
  • Act as the domain expert for customers during project planning and implementation calls.
  • Analyze, define, and implement large-scale AI Compute projects involving networking and system design.
  • Provide handover documentation and perform knowledge transfers to support customers during system rollouts.
  • Report bugs, document workarounds, and suggest improvements to internal engineering teams.
  • Perform performance reporting, optimization, logging, and network routing tuning.
  • Manage and provision cluster technologies for bare-metal servers.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience providing in-depth support and deployment services for hardware and software products.
  • Minimum of a four-year degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge and experience with Linux system administration, including process management, kernel management, and network routing.
  • Scripting proficiency in Bash, Python, and Ansible.
  • Experience with schedulers such as SLURM, LSF, or UGE.
  • Ability to travel to customer sites within the United States up to 20% of the time.
  • Experience with benchmarking tools like HPL, NCCL tests, MLPerf, and Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Experience with InfiniBand, GPU hardware/software, MPI, or storage technologies like Lustre or GPFS (preferred).

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