Principal Performance Architect

Microsoft
United States · California · Texas · Washington · Mountain View, CA · North Carolina · Austin, TX · Redmond, WA · Hillsboro, OR · Raleigh, NC · 5, NC · 2, NC$143k–$275kPosted Jul 23, 2026

Actively collaborate with architects and provide critical feedback for future SoC Use models to analyze performance bottlenecks in SoC for critical AI workloads Prototype opportunities for performance and power optimizations, and trade-offs on AI accelerators Develop and test SoC and IP models, including model integration Continuous collaboration with design and performance verification teams to close on SoC performance Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their US. residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable. Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. 1+ year(s) experience working on or leading projects from beginning-to-end. 4+ years of experience with Python, C, C++ 6+ years of experience with performance modeling at various levels of abstraction, and analysis Experience in architecture and workload analysis on GPUs

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