SoC Infrastructure/NoC, Power & Performance Validation Lead, Staff (AI Accelerator Platform)
Core
Lead validation of SoC infrastructure, NoC, power, and performance for next-generation AI accelerator and compute platforms, ensuring silicon quality across pre- and post-silicon phases.
Role type
Staff SoC Infrastructure/NoC, Power & Performance Validation Lead
Builds
High-performance AI accelerator SoCs for premium mobile, data center, and AI platforms
Domain
Semiconductor / SoC Design / AI Accelerators
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
NoC/Interconnect architecture (AXI, AHB), Memory hierarchy and cache coherency, Power management (DVFS, low power modes), Performance analysis (bandwidth, latency, throughput), Debug architecture (JTAG, state dumps), Embedded systems (C, C++, Python, Assembly), Perfmon/Telemetry, System-level concurrency
Preferred skills
AI/ML accelerator architecture, Tensor operations, Transformer models, Large-scale inference systems, Silicon bring-up
Technologies
JTAG, Perfmon, C, C++, Python, Assembly, AXI, AHB, DDR, GPU, Multimedia
Responsibilities
Develop performance validation plans and analyze Power-Performance trade-offs, Analyze SOC Bandwidth, QoS, Latency, and Throughput, Evaluate AI inference and training workloads for efficiency, Drive correlation between pre-silicon models, emulation, and silicon measurements, Create performance dashboards and technical reviews
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC
