Arm
Principal SoC Performance Architect – Next-Generation Server Platforms
$250K–$338K
Austin, Texas +3 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
San Diego, California
Raleigh, North Carolina
Chandler, Arizona - Experience
- 10+ years in system or hardware architecture.
- Education
- Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Analyze real-world workloads and production silicon to identify performance bottlenecks and guide architectural improvements for next-generation server platforms.
What you'll do
- Evaluate AI-at-scale and HPC workloads on production silicon; define performance metrics, use cases, and benchmarking strategies with cross-functional teams.
- Develop microbenchmarks, analyze performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimizations.
- Translate workload and silicon findings into architectural improvements and provide technical leadership across hardware and software teams.
What they ask for
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of system or hardware architecture experience, with exposure to CPU/accelerator architectures, cache and memory subsystems, or PCIe, networking, or storage.
- Strong background in high-performance IO/networking or performance optimization for HPC or cloud-scale systems; expertise in benchmarking and custom microbenchmarks.
- Experience with performance analysis tools and proficiency in SystemC, TLM, C++, and Python.
Nice to have
- Direct silicon bring-up or post-silicon performance analysis experience.
- Familiarity with performance simulators or architectural modeling tools.
Pay
$249,900-$338,100 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
SystemC, TLM, C++, Python, PCIE, CXL, InfiniBand, RoCE
AI focus
Evaluate and analyze real-world workloads, with a strong focus on AI at scale.
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