System Engineer

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Saicon Consultants Inc., is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!Title: - System EngineerLocation: - Austin, TX (On-Site)Role Type: - 12+ Months (Contract)Job Description:Hardware validation role focused on performance validation of next generation AMD server architecture and AI accelerators.Day to Day Responsibilities:Analyzing benchmarks and performance key performance metrics of next generation AMD servers and AI accelerators.Research trade-offs for our server architecture, especially as related to the memory hierarchy, storage systems, scheduling, and I/O devices.Collect data from benchmark results, data from CPU performance counters, and other related performance information to identify bottlenecks and other performance limitations of the benchmark itself, SoC and system.Evaluate system performance by executing industry standard benchmarks.Thorough understanding of OS fundamentals and how they impact Performance of a system.Required Experience:Experience using Linux performance analysis tools and methods.Experience executing industry standard benchmarks or other performance test workloads.Test automation experience.Highly motivated independent contributor with a strong desire to learn and develop a deep understanding of the technology.Understanding of computer system architecture.Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++. BASH, Python, etc).Experience using AI tools like Claude, Copilot and more.Communicates and collaborates well with others.Experience with PCIe testing and hardware validation.Preferred Experience:Experience with benchmarks such as STREAM, multichase, SPECCPU2017, HPL, DGEMM, GUPS, SPECJbb and others.Experience with I/O benchmarks and tools such as Infiniband, iPerf3, FIO and others.Experience benchmarking memory technologies such as DDR5, CXL, HBM and others.Experience benchmarking AI products and using various LLM benchmarks.Competitive analysis as it relates to server architectures and AI workloads.Education:Bachelor’s degree is required for candidates.