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About Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.
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The Principal SoC Performance Architect – Next-Generation Server Platforms joins a team focused on pushing performance boundaries in modern server systems. This role involves evaluating real-world workloads on production silicon, specifically targeting AI at scale and HPC applications. You will design and implement targeted microbenchmarks to isolate architectural behaviors, identify performance bottlenecks, and recommend actionable optimizations for future platforms. Key responsibilities include defining performance metrics, translating silicon studies into architectural improvements, and providing technical leadership across hardware and software teams. Required expertise includes CPU/accelerator architectures, cache and memory subsystems, and high-performance IO/networking such as PCIe, CXL, InfiniBand, and RoCE. Candidates must be proficient in SystemC, TLM, C++, and Python, with experience in performance analysis tools, profiling, and simulation environments to solve complex scalability problems.
Remote (Santa Clara, CA)+340 days ago
$209,300–$313,900
SoC Architecture
CPU Microarchitecture
Performance Modeling
Linux
PMU
CPI Decomposition
DRAM
On-chip Fabric
Firmware
BIOS
Data Analysis
Scripting
Virtualization
AI Infrastructure
AI Systems
Computer Architecture
Performance Modeling
High-Performance Computing
Distributed Systems
Python
C++
CUDA
Triton
ROCm
HIP
Data Parallelism
HBM
PCIe
Compilers