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CPU Performance – Principal Microarchitecture Exploration Engineer

Multiple locations💼 Full-time💰 $249,900–$249,900🗓 2026-06-22 → 2026-07-22

Core

Define and design next-generation CPU microarchitecture for Arm's Cortex-X and Neoverse CPUs, focusing on performance, power, and area efficiency.

Role type

Principal Microarchitecture Exploration Engineer

Builds

Next-generation CPU IP cores for billions of devices

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Microarchitecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

CPU/system microarchitecture development, performance modeling, microarchitectural workload analysis, cycle-accurate simulators, performance modeling infrastructure, power/area trade-off analysis

Preferred skills

Microarchitectural innovation from concept to implementation, advanced software engineering practices, performance profiling, C++ programming, Python programming

Technologies

Cycle-accurate simulators, performance modeling infrastructure

Responsibilities

Define and design next-generation CPU microarchitecture, propose and evaluate microarchitectural innovations, develop and refine performance models, analyze workloads to guide design choices, partner with CPU design teams to integrate innovations, provide technical mentorship to less-experienced engineers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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