Hybrid CPU Micro-Architect

at Samsung Electronics

• Job title: CPU Micro-Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $180,200 - $297,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• CPU Micro-Architect responsible for designing high-performance architectures for mobile and computing devices at Samsung. Join the team to innovate in semiconductor technology and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-performance CPU microarchitectures for mobile, data center, and other applications
• Develop and implement innovative microarchitecture techniques, analyze performance, and optimize SoC designs
• Perform quantitative analysis of key mobile benchmarks and correlate with hardware performance monitoring unit (PMU) stats
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and integrate system-on-chip (SoC) designs
• Analyze and optimize CPU performance using top-down microarchitecture analysis methods
• Extract and assess key microarchitecture ideas from open literature and apply them to designs
• Write RTL code (Verilog or SV) and C/C++/Python scripts for performance evaluation of microarchitecture techniques

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or 13+ years of experience with a Master’s Degree, or 11+ years of experience with a Ph.D.
• Strong fundamentals in key computer architecture concepts, such as virtual aliasing, pipelining, cache hierarchies, coherency, memory subsystem, etc.
• Deep knowledge in high-performance OoO CPU microarchitecture and SOTA optimization techniques in key areas such as pipelining, interlock, caching, prefetching, branch prediction, cache/TLB hierarchy and their PPA implications
• Ability to perform quantitative analysis of key mobile benchmarks such as Geekbench6 and SPECCPU17 and correlation with HW PMU stats (cache misses, TLB misses, pipeline stalls, etc.)
• Extensive programming experience with RTL code (Verilog or SV), and writing C/C++/Python scripts, for performance evaluation of uarch techniques
• Working experience with top-down microarchitecture analysis method (based on PMU stats)
• Ability to extract and assess key uarch ideas in open literature
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• 401(k)
• onsite lunch
• employee purchase program
• tuition assistance (after 6 months)
• paid time off
• student loan program
• wellness incentives