SENIOR SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER: Hardware-Software Co-Design, GPU Compute and AI Compilers & Runtimes
Location
Bellevue, WA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Semiconductors
Type
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-04-28
Responsibilities
- Build performance and power models connecting architectural decisions to workload behavior.
- Evaluate hardware features and software API designs against AI training and inference targets.
- Write and optimize GPU kernels and compiler passes.
- Analyze and characterize AI workloads against AMD microarchitecture.
- Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to evaluate proposed hardware features.
- Contribute to the IREE compiler and ROCm™ stack with backend optimizations.
- Develop reproducible benchmarks and performance regression infrastructure.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in GPU compute hardware and AI systems software.
- Strong foundation in computer architecture and GPU microarchitecture.
- Proficiency in C, C++, and Python for system-level work.
- Experience with GPU programming via CUDA and/or HIP.
- Familiarity with Linux kernel internals relevant to GPU compute.
- Experience with AI framework internals like PyTorch or Triton.
- Academic credentials in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
