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Director of Buffer & Memory Subsystem Architecture

San Jose, CA💼 Full-time💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Founding technical lead for HW/SW co-design of next-generation HBF–xPU systems, translating AI workload traces into architectural policies for caching, prefetching, and data movement.

Role type

Senior IC Director of Buffer & Memory Subsystem Architecture

Builds

Next-generation HBF–xPU systems for AI data centers and advanced mobile technology

Domain

Semiconductor / High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Memory controllers, Cache/Prefetch architectures, SSD/Storage Controllers, Accelerator Memory systems, DMA/Data Movement architectures, queueing algorithms, scheduling algorithms, buffer management algorithms, system performance analysis, HW/SW co-design, functional partitioning, interface contract definition, simulation tool development

Preferred skills

Python, C/C++, SystemC, event-driven modeling, trace-driven modeling, queueing-based modeling

Technologies

Python, C/C++, SystemC

Responsibilities

Lead HW/SW co-design by defining architecture, functional partitioning, and interface contracts across the HBF hardware and software stack. Drive HBF system optimization through memory architecture, performance modeling, and system-level implementation. Develop HBF system models and event-/trace-driven simulators for AI memory performance analysis. Analyze workload performance and optimize latency, bandwidth, and memory efficiency through architecture modeling. Validate architectural assumptions and provide data-driven insights for cross-functional architecture decisions. Define HBF Memory Architecture and Policies.

Seniority

Director, founding technical lead

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