Field Applications Engineer

About Us

At InspireSemi, we're not just building chips; we're revolutionizing high-performance computing. Our groundbreaking architecture packs thousands of 64-bit CPU cores onto a single chip, all seamlessly connected. We're driven by a mission to make high performance computing more accessible, energy-efficient, and easier for developers to harness. Ready to make a real impact? Join our passionate team!

Why Join InspireSemi?

• Be a Pioneer: Get in on the ground floor of a hypergrowth startup! You'll be part of a small, dynamic team shaping the future of computing.
• Make an Impact: Your work will directly contribute to disruptive technology.
• Grow With Us: Seize significant growth and development opportunities.
• Rewarding Compensation: We offer a competitive salary, bonus potential, and meaningful equity.
• Flexibility: Benefit from a hybrid work model (with potential for fully remote for exceptional candidates) and flexible time off.

About the Role

We're looking for a talented and driven Applications Engineer to help our customers deploy and optimize their software on our new accelerated computing platform. In this high-impact role, you will be a key technical resource, applying your programming and performance tuning skills to a wide range of cutting-edge HPC-AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Customer Support: Assist customers in deploying and optimizing their software applications and libraries to our revolutionary Thunderbird accelerated computing platform.
• Performance Tuning: Profile and identify bottlenecks in a range of HPC-AI applications.
• Software Acceleration: Implement creative algorithmic and software solutions to solve bottlenecks and accelerate software on the Thunderbird platform.
• Requirement Gathering: Help translate application performance issues and requirements into actionable feedback for software features and hardware teams.
• Technical Content: Assist in creating demos, application notes, and other technical documentation to help speed customer adoption.
• Future Architecture: Support the development of performance models for future generations of accelerated computing architectures.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience with development in one or more HPC-AI application domains.
• Programming Skills: Excellent C/C++ programming skills; proficiency in Fortran is a plus.
• Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of Linux. Ability to measure and profile HPC-AI application-level performance at the node level. Working understanding of OpenMP, MPI, or related parallel programming models.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities with the ability to analyze complex data and attention to detail.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly to technical stakeholders.
• Flexibility: Willingness to travel as necessary and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with competitive performance analysis.
• Experience with graph analytics or other compute-intensive workloads.