Arm
Senior GPU Architect
$162K–$218K
Austin, Texas · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 24, 2026
- Experience
- Experience thresholds and alternatives are specified in the requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or applicable professional background; MS degree; or PhD, as described in the experience pathways.
About the job
Architect and prototype GPU architecture improvements for future Mali graphics products, validating ideas and analyzing gaming and GPGPU workload performance.
What you'll do
- Research technologies, prototype architectural improvements, and investigate and validate new architecture ideas.
- Analyze performance across gaming and GPGPU workloads and work with product groups and engineering teams to deliver GPU IP.
- Help shape the direction of future Mali graphics products.
What they ask for
- One of the stated experience and education pathways: bachelor’s degree or applicable professional background with more than 6 years’ industry experience (at least 2 years GPU-related); MS degree and more than 4 years’ related experience (at least 2 years working with GPUs); or PhD with at least 2 years working on GPUs.
- Knowledge of the graphics pipeline and GPU architectures, including fixed-function graphics units.
- Strong programming ability in C and C++, and ability to work with large codebases and debug complex problems.
- Computer architecture background, analytical approach, and effective communication and teamwork skills.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of GPU graphics and compute APIs such as OpenGL, Vulkan, DX, OpenCL, or CUDA.
- Experience in performance modeling, timing-accurate simulators, workload performance analysis, hardware/software codesign, or accelerator system-level design.
Pay
$161,500-$218,500 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, OpenGL, Vulkan, DX, OpenCL, CUDA
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