Rarefied Flow Solver Developer

Flexcompute is a cutting-edge technology startup that specializes in ultra-fast simulation technology. Our products are utilized by companies in designing and optimizing technology products, with applications ranging from designing airplanes and cars to wind turbines and quantum computing chips. Our customer base includes both household names and startups in emerging industries. Our company was founded by world-renowned leaders in simulation technology from Stanford University and MIT. Backed by top VC firms, we are poised to disrupt the billion-dollar engineering simulation industry with our fast-growing trajectory.

Flexcompute is seeking an experienced software developer to contribute to a rarefied gas simulation software and AI tool designed for GPUs. The successful candidate will have a critical role in designing and implementing cutting-edge algorithms with an emphasis on speed, robustness, accuracy, and scalability. This position offers a unique opportunity to explore state-of-the-art rarefied gas prediction and artificial intelligence algorithms in a production environment. The candidate will gain experience working with highly experienced professionals and be an integral part of the product development, release, maintenance, and support phases. Over time, the strong collaborative nature of this role offers exposure to Flexcompute's sophisticated multi-physics simulation and design optimization technologies.

What You Will Do:

• Independently implement, test, and document new solver features
• Profile and optimize feature implementation to improve speed and scalability on CPUs/GPUs
• Contribute to a clean and maintainable API for various functionalities
• Contribute to general source code maintenance and other relevant software development activities (bug fixes, support, etc)
• Collaborate with teams developing agentic user interface and scientific visualization tools/technologies
• Collaborate with Product Management, QA, and Documentation teams to accomplish product milestones in a timely manner
• Follow sound software engineering practices. The code we write today will underpin our platform simulation products for years to come - it needs to be maintainable, extensible and robust
• Make user experience a priority. We strive to make the complexity inherent in fluid simulations manageable by way of intuitive controls and straightforward workflows
• Deliver robust and high-performance simulations for industrial applications that involve management of large amounts of data