Velaura AI
Performance Modeling Architect – AI Systems
$200K–$300K
Durham, NC +3 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Location
- Durham, NC
Santa Clara, CA
Boston, MA
Austin, TX
About the job
Develops system-level performance models and simulation frameworks to guide hardware–software architecture decisions for AI compute platforms.
What you'll do
- Build models and simulations of AI workloads, software runtimes, and hardware systems, including SoC components.
- Analyze bottlenecks and evaluate performance, latency, throughput, energy efficiency, and architectural tradeoffs.
- Collaborate with hardware architects, software teams, and ML teams to inform system and microarchitectural design.
What they ask for
- Strong background in computer architecture, system architecture, or performance modeling.
- Experience building simulation or analytical models of complex hardware systems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar.
- Understanding of modern compute architectures such as CPUs, GPUs, or AI accelerators.
Nice to have
- Experience modeling AI workloads or machine learning systems.
- Familiarity with architectural simulators or performance modeling tools.
Pay
USD 200,000–300,000 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators
AI focus
Models AI workloads and interactions among AI models, software runtimes, and hardware to evaluate and guide AI compute system architecture.
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