Senior Out-of-Order CPU Architect (x86)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; hybrid work model with time split between the assigned hirify.global site and off-site work

Salary: $190,610–$361,480 USD annual salary

Company

hirify.global's Silicon and Platform Engineering Group develops silicon and platform solutions for current and next-generation computing experiences.

What you will do

• Define and drive end-to-end CPU architecture specifications based on hardware features, requirements, and lifecycle needs.
• Set performance, power, frequency, area, and feature targets for CPUs across high-performance and low-power market segments.
• Develop new microarchitectures, architectural features, instructions, and ISA enhancements for future CPU use cases.
• Build test plans and infrastructure, simulate functional models, and analyze architecture and feature test results.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and validation teams while influencing cross-functional roadmaps.
• Implement or debug microarchitectural specifications in SystemVerilog when needed to resolve timing and power constraints.

Requirements

• 15+ consecutive years of experience in high-performance, high-frequency ARM or x86 CPU organizations in design or architecture.
• 10+ years working on out-of-order CPU pipeline sections, including instruction rename and allocation, schedulers, and execution units.
• 5+ years writing RTL and owning timing and power convergence across multiple CPU generations.
• 2+ years building advanced integer or floating-point/vector schedulers.
• Expertise in CPU architecture fundamentals, microarchitecture design, low-power design, RTL development, and SystemVerilog.
• Ability to work in the Austin, Texas hybrid role and attend the assigned hirify.global site; the position is also subject to an extended background investigation.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers.
• Competitive compensation with stock bonuses.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Hybrid work model combining on-site and off-site work.