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AI Chip Architect

Mountain View (HQ) or Remote💼 Full-time💰 $120,000–$120,000🗓 2026-05-19 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define compute architecture for next-generation GenAI accelerators, including ISA, connectivity, memories, and control, translating AI workloads into hardware solutions.

Role type

Senior IC AI Chip Architect

Builds

Vertically integrated full-stack silicon and software solutions for training and running large-scale GenAI models

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design / Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computer architecture, AI accelerator design, microarchitecture fundamentals, performance analysis, workload-to-hardware translation, numeric formats and quantization, kernel-level optimization

Preferred skills

Large-scale transformer model optimization, power/area/performance tradeoff analysis

Technologies

GPUs, TPUs, vector processors, SIMD, VLIW

Responsibilities

Define AI compute subsystem architecture, derive requirements from AI use cases, conduct performance analysis, collaborate with Research/SW/HW teams, manage PPA tradeoffs, support silicon bring-up and debug

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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