GPU Advocate (Fixed Term)

High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are key markets for NVIDIA. Researchers and scientists are actively embracing GPU programming to accelerate their research. To help them with onboarding to GPUs, in partnership with national laboratories and universities, NVIDIA is leading a series of GPU hackathons and bootcamps. Hackathons are short—typically week-long—intensive coding sessions where experienced mentors team up with groups of researchers to guide through acceleration or optimizing of their projects on GPUs using a variety of programming models and tools.With fast growing demand for GPU use in the scientific community, we are looking for a GPU Advocate on fixed term contract for a duration of 1 Year to own the rapidly growing GPU hackathon program. In this position you will craft the complete experience of GPU hackathon attendees, as you will schedule, facilitate, mentor and track participant progress; you will closely collaborate with scientists at universities, supercomputing centers and other organizations to help their users start using GPUs for their work or optimize codes on GPUs, promote their research, and build a growing community. You will moderate and mentor at hackathons, run GPU Bootcamps and help craft materials to educate attendees and prepare them for hackathons. Your responsibilities will include driving events for HPC, AI and Data scientists, documenting and tracking progress of each coder over time, and where applicable, help build assets that promote the resulting success stories. Do you have a passion for science, connecting people, and teaching? If so, we wish to talk with you right away!This is a 1 year fixed term contract.What you’ll be doing:Recruit sites that will host successful hackathons/bootcamps and guide their team members through the planning processAssess resource requirements of each hackathon and identify any gaps to delivering a quality experience for all participantsIdentify and recruit key codes to participate in collaboration with hosting sites, national labs and NVIDIA teamsAssist with identifying and recruiting mentorsModerate events, build and refine training materials, and mentor team members at the eventsSecure and manage when needed GPU cluster resources for eventsWrite comprehensive internal feedback reports and find opportunities for improvementsPromote event successes through publishing blogs and papers, facilitating presentations, and using other media that convey the impact of the work accomplished by teams at the hackathonsSupport ongoing post-event communications with hackathon attendees and mentors to track team progress, assist with further GPU porting and inform readers of mentor opportunitiesDeliver feedback to tool providers and other partners in the form of lessons learned that would facilitate adoption and use of GPUsWhat we need to see:8+ Years of Enterprise or Academic experience in the HPC/AI domain with Bachelor's degree in Science or Computer EngineeringHPC/AI/Computational science backgroundFluent in GPU programmingCapability to think strategically, while jumping directly into day-to-day event and account managementAbility to thrive in a highly dynamic environment and to lead change through multi-functional teamworkProven ability to understand the goals of a number of partners, and distill that feedback into an action plan that addresses core needsExcellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skillsWays to stand out from the crowd:PhD is preferredExperience in AI and Data ScienceExperience in facilitating and instructing at group training eventsPassion for data management