Performance Analyst – GPU & Hardware Benchmarking

Akkodis is seeking a Performance Analyst - GPU & Hardware Benchmarking for a 12+ Month contract role with a client located in California (Remote).

$50- $59/hour;
The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

This role focuses on evaluating, benchmarking, and analyzing the performance of advanced GPU platforms, gaming laptops, and competing hardware technologies. The ideal candidate will have practical experience with PC hardware, Linux environments, performance benchmarking, and hardware/software troubleshooting. You will work closely with engineering, architecture, and product teams to evaluate pre-production hardware, identify performance bottlenecks, analyze benchmark results, and deliver actionable insights that support product development and launch readiness.

This is a highly technical, hands‑on position that combines hardware validation, systems performance analysis, and data-driven problem-solving.

• Perform hands‑on setup, configuration, validation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pre-production and consumer hardware platforms, including gaming laptops and GPU systems.
• Conduct performance benchmarking across gaming, AI, workstation, and data science workloads.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret key performance metrics, including FPS, frame times, latency, GPU utilization, clock speeds, power consumption, and thermal performance.
• Evaluate hardware and software releases, including BIOS/VBIOS, GPU drivers, benchmarking applications, and graphics technologies.
• Investigate performance issues, identify system bottlenecks, and collaborate with engineering teams on root‑cause analysis.
• Compare GPU and system performance across different hardware platforms to assess competitive positioning.
• Work with engineering, architecture, marketing, and product teams to provide performance insights and support product launch activities.
• Develop performance reports, presentations, and data visualizations to communicate findings to technical and business stakeholders.
• Support and improve performance reporting using tools such as Tableau, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, GPU architectures, gaming performance trends, and AI workloads.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands‑on experience with PC hardware, gaming laptops, CPUs, GPUs, and system configurations.
• Strong experience working in Linux environments, including system configuration, command‑line operations, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with performance benchmarking, hardware validation, workload analysis, or systems performance testing.
• Understanding of GPU/CPU architecture and system‑level performance optimization.
• Familiarity with graphics and system performance metrics such as FPS, frame times, latency, GPU clocks, power consumption, and thermals.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software performance issues and identify root causes.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional engineering and technical teams.

• Programming or scripting experience with Python, C++, Bash, or Power Shell.
• Experience with GPUs, GeForce RTX, AMD Radeon, or other GPU platforms.
• Knowledge of ray tracing, DLSS, CUDA, GPU acceleration, or AI‑based workloads.
• Exposure to machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or Tensor Flow.
• Experience benchmarking gaming, workstation, scientific computing, or AI applications.
• Familiarity with performance monitoring and visualization tools such as Tableau,…