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Research Scientist, Systems ML - HW/SW Co-Design

$184K–$257K

Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026

Experience
7+ years of industry experience (or equivalent).
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; another listed qualification specifies a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

About the job

Research Scientist shaping Meta’s MTIA accelerator architecture by analyzing production ML workloads, modeling hardware performance, and guiding pre-silicon design decisions.

What you'll do

  • Translate production ML workload insights into accelerator architecture decisions and evaluate performance, power, and cost trade-offs.
  • Build models, benchmarks, and tooling for architecture comparisons and pre-silicon decisions.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives, establish evaluation methods, and mentor colleagues.

What they ask for

  • 7+ years of industry experience (or equivalent).
  • Experience in hardware/software co-design, AI accelerator architecture, ML systems, high-performance computing, or performance modeling; and experience with PPA trade-offs.
  • Experience contributing to at least one silicon tapeout, from architectural exploration through pre-silicon validation.
  • Understanding of modern ML workloads and how architecture choices affect performance at scale.

Nice to have

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Published research at top venues (ISCA, MICRO, HPCA, ASPLOS, MLSys) or equivalent industry contributions.

Pay

$183,997/year to $257,000/year USD base salary; bonus and equity amounts not stated

Tools

MTIA, ML, large language models, generative AI, PyTorch, networking

AI focus

Co-design AI accelerators for production ML workloads, including large language models, recommendation systems, and generative AI; the posting also mentions AI skill development, AI tools, and responsible AI practices.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)