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Staff Systems Engineer, AI/ML

Richardson, US💼 Full-time💰 $106,000–$106,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead workload-driven architecture strategy for AI/ML systems, defining how to study, model, and optimize workloads across hardware and software boundaries to inform SoC architecture and HW/SW co-optimization.

Role type

Staff AI/ML Systems Engineer (Senior IC)

Builds

Analytical performance models, KPI frameworks, and architectural recommendations for AI/ML workloads on edge devices and next-gen products.

Domain

Semiconductor hardware architecture, AI/ML systems, and compiler infrastructure.

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Analytical performance modeling (roofline, first-principles), CPU/SoC architecture expertise, memory hierarchy optimization, AI/ML acceleration on edge devices, HW/SW co-design, cross-functional technical leadership

Preferred skills

MLIR/IREE/TVM compiler infrastructure, model quantization and sparsity techniques, RISC-V architecture, Vector/Matrix extensions

Technologies

MLIR, IREE, TVM, NPUs, DSPs, DDR/LPDDR

Responsibilities

Define performance KPI frameworks for AI/ML workloads, lead architectural discussions between hardware and software teams, build analytical models to project system-level KPIs, present findings to senior engineering leadership

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with significant cross-functional scope

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