Silicon Performance Architect

$106,000 - $166,000/Yr

Meta - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

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About the position

The Silicon Performance Architect role at Meta involves leading performance modeling, correlation, workload profiling, and analysis efforts for custom silicon designed for Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) devices. The position requires a deep understanding of SoC architecture and performance analysis to guide the development of next-generation SoCs, ensuring optimal performance and power efficiency. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively across disciplines, contributing to innovative methodologies and solutions in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Performance evaluation and bottleneck analysis of existing and future SoCs
• Performance modeling of IP components and modeling of SoC fabric and DRAM
• Profile and extract system-usage behavior of workloads and design micro-benchmarks
• Create analytical models to project performance between (n-1) to next-gen product
• Identify and evaluate firmware/software optimization opportunities and solidify HW-SW co-design
• Work across disciplines, collaborate with vendors, brainstorm big ideas, build new methodologies, juggle/coordinate multiple initiatives

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field
• Understanding of SoC Architecture, NoCs, memory sub-system, Quality of Service (QoS), and heterogeneous compute principles
• Experience with SoC/IP/System performance modeling and correlation
• Understanding of basic power concepts and trade-offs
• Experience in data analysis and problem-solving, including designing performance experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions
• Experience with programming (C/C++/SystemC or Python), scripting, automation and data visualization

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with cycle-accurate performance models and frameworks for performance architecture evaluations for various SoC architecture components
• Proven experience working collaboratively in a team environment, with strong communication skills
• Experience with bare-metal programming, micro-benchmarking, performance instrumentation, Simpoints, etc.
• Experience with RTL design verification

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus opportunities
• Equity options
• Comprehensive benefits package