Senior Staff AI/ML & GPU Performance Validation Engineer

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THE ROLE:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer to lead and drive test development, performance benchmarking, and validation for AI/ML frameworks, AI models, and AI agent-based systems on GPU platforms. This role requires deep expertise in GPU performance analysis, AI/ML training and inference frameworks, strong understanding of CPU/GPU hardware components, and leadership in building scalable automation and CI/CD solutions across bare-metal and virtualized environments.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and own test and validation frameworks for AI/ML frameworks, AI models, AI agents and HPC focusing on GPU performance, correctness, and scalability
Lead GPU performance benchmarking for AI/ML training, inference, and agent-based and HPC workloads
Develop and maintain performance baselines and regression detection across multiple GPU and CPU platforms
Analyze and debug performance, functional, and stability issues spanning hardware, drivers, runtime, frameworks, and models
Build automated test pipelines covering bare-metal and virtualized environments (VMs, containers)
Drive CI/CD integration for large-scale AI/ML validation infrastructure
Collaborate closely with AI framework, model, compiler, OS, driver, and hardware teams
Mentor senior engineers and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams
Influence long-term strategy for AI/ML performance validation and system-level testing
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
12+ years of industry experience in test development, performance engineering, or systems validation
Deep understanding of GPU and CPU architecture and hardware components, including memory hierarchy, interconnects, and compute pipelines
Strong experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, ONNX Runtime)
Hands-on experience with AI model training and inference , including large-scale models
Experience working with AI agents and agent-based workflows
Proven expertise in GPU performance benchmarking, profiling, and root-cause analysis
Strong debugging skills across hardware, firmware, drivers, runtime, and application layers
Proficiency in Python, C/C++, or similar languages
Experience building automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
Experience working in virtualization environments (containers, VMs)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience validating LLMs, multimodal models, or autonomous AI agents
Knowledge of CUDA, ROCm, or other GPU programming ecosystems
Experience with distributed training and inference
Familiarity with GPU/CPU performance tools (e.g., Nsight, ROCm tools, perf, VTune, custom profilers)
Background working closely with gpu silicon, compiler, or systems software teams
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