Principal Performance Architect

AMD
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Team collaboration"]

Lead pre-silicon performance architecture for AMD’s embedded x86 SoCs, building cycle-accurate models, exploring architectural trade-offs, and defining KPIs to shape product direction. Collaborate across architecture, design, firmware, and post-silicon teams to deliver performance leadership and drive roadmap decisions in a highly technical, cross-disciplinary role.

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AMD
8 months ago

Principal Performance Architect

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Job Summary

Lead pre-silicon performance architecture for AMD’s embedded x86 SoCs, building cycle-accurate models, exploring architectural trade-offs, and defining KPIs to shape product direction. Collaborate across architecture, design, firmware, and post-silicon teams to deliver performance leadership and drive roadmap decisions in a highly technical, cross-disciplinary role.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead pre-silicon performance architecture, including workload-driven performance projections across CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems.
  • •Build and refine cycle-accurate, trace-based, and analytical performance models for emerging SoC architectures.
  • •Drive competitive performance projections against products from Qualcomm, Apple, NVIDIA, Intel, MediaTek, and others.
  • •Analyze micro‑architecture trade‑offs (NoC, caches, memory controllers, coherency fabrics) to optimize perf/power/area; write clear recommendations to architecture.
  • •Own performance bottleneck analysis, microarchitectural what-if evaluations, and trade-off recommendations.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of CPU/GPU microarchitecture, memory hierarchy, and SoC interconnects.
  • •Hands-on experience with performance simulators (gem5, proprietary, trace-driven frameworks).
  • •Deep experience with workloads—SPEC, industry vertical benchmarks, synthetic stressors.
  • •Strong scripting skills (Python, C++, MATLAB).
  • •Experience with ML, automotive, edge compute, industrial workloads.
Experience:Embedded systemsSoC
Education:Master's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeam collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Gem5PythonC++MATLABSPECCPUGPUNoC

Company Brief

AMD
Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1969
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