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Senior GPU System Architect, Context Management and Register Architecture

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define foundational GPU execution state management and register address/access architecture to ensure responsiveness, reliability, and scalability.

Role type

Senior IC GPU System Architect

Builds

GPU processors and their underlying hardware/software integration

Domain

Semiconductor / GPU Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computer architecture design, GPU/CPU/SoC design, C++, Python, hardware-software-firmware interaction, cross-functional collaboration, technical writing

Preferred skills

Hardware register architecture, memory-mapped I/O, context switching, virtualization, RISC-V, on-chip interconnects, pre-silicon validation, silicon bring-up

Technologies

C++, Python, RISC-V

Responsibilities

Architect GPU context-management mechanisms; own GPU-wide register address map and coordinate allocation; define requirements and interfaces for register access; develop C++ functional models; evaluate tradeoffs across performance and complexity; build validation strategies and debug cross-stack issues

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC