SOC Performance Architect (AI)

TL;DR

SOC Performance Architect (AI): Architecting performance for datacenter SoCs in Xeon CPU and AI portfolio with an accent on hardware-software integration, power efficiency, and scalability. Focus on evaluating complex features, resolving subsystem weaknesses, and shaping future product architectures across design families.

Location: Hybrid work model requiring on-site time at US locations: Oregon (Hillsboro), California (Santa Clara), Texas (Austin)

Salary: $105,650 - $200,340

Company

Datacenter Power and Performance Architecture group delivering leadership performance and efficiency for data-centric computing in datacenter and edge.

What you will do

• Collaborate with design, validation, and architecture teams to deliver best-in-class performance and innovations for Xeon CPU and AI products.
• Determine, specify, and evaluate viability of complex hardware features and structures ensuring software-hardware interface compatibility.
• Design frameworks for functions, define processes for technical platforms, subsystem specs, I/O parameters.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve SoC and subsystem design weaknesses.
• Contribute significantly to architecture shaping future products across design families.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 2+ years relevant experience (Master’s or PhD preferred)
• Hands-on experience with SoC-level development, computer architecture, OS, system validation.
• Exposure to system performance evaluation, power analysis (pre/post silicon).
• Proficiency in C, C++, Python, parallel programming (CUDA, MPI), scripting (Bash, Shell, Ruby).
• Experience in computer architecture, software engineering, performance analysis.

Nice to have

• Experience in digital system design or HDLs (Verilog, SystemVerilog).
• Adaptability to new methodologies, frameworks, tools like AI.
• Ability to learn quickly and collaborate across technical domains.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health, retirement, vacation benefits.
• Hybrid work model splitting on-site and off-site time.
• Shift 1 (United States of America).