CareerPlan

Senior CPU Performance Architect

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k2026-04-08 → 2026-11-10

Core

Drive CPU performance architecture for AI, HPC, cloud, gaming, and autonomous vehicle workloads, focusing on silicon bring-up, performance analysis, and system optimization.

Role type

Senior CPU Performance Architect

Builds

High-performance CPU products and system designs for AI, HPC, and cloud markets

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Architecture / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

CPU microarchitecture, system architecture, performance analysis, benchmarking, multi-core/multi-socket debugging, workload modeling, test case development

Preferred skills

GPU driver experience, GPU-accelerated workload modeling, AI framework optimization (PyTorch), ARM ISA knowledge, PhD or research experience

Technologies

Silicon simulators, multi-socket systems, CPU/GPU systems, PyTorch, ARM ISA

Responsibilities

Work on workload bring-up and performance analysis/projection on silicon and simulators; Study workloads for AI/DL, CSP, HPC, and autonomous vehicles; Analyze and debug performance scaling bottlenecks on multi-core and multi-socket CPU and CPU/GPU systems; Benchmark NVIDIA's CPU offerings against competition; Collaborate with architects to improve future CPU and system designs