AI Performance Architect

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Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to work beyond the cutting-edge, continuously pushing the boundaries of science and engineering to make possible the next generations of technology, join us to Make Possible® a Better Future.  

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Applied Materials’ Applied AI Systems Solutions (System to Materials) Business Unit is searching for a Software Engineer – AI Performance Architect to join our team! The Applied AI System to Materials team works on architecting differentiated AI Systems leveraging Applied’s fundamental innovations.

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  • Benchmark AI workloads (LLMs) in single and multi-node High Performance GPU configurations.
  • Project and Analyze systems performance for LLMs using various parallelization techniques.
  • Develop methodologies to measure key performance metrics and understand  bottlenecks to improve efficiency.

 Requirements 

• Understanding of transformer-based model architectures and basic GEMM operations.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++.
• Proficiency in systems (CPU, GPU, Memory, or Network) architecture analysis and performance modelling.
• Experience with parallel computing architectures, interconnect fabrics and AI workloads (Finetuning/Inference).
• Experience with DL Frameworks (Pytorch, Tensorflow), Profiling tools (Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, Rocprof), Containerized Environment (Docker)

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Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.