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# ASIC Engineer, Architecture Kernel Development

- **Company:** The Meta Game, Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $146,000.0 - $209,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Device Drivers, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Api Design, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.austinjobsite.com/job.asp?id=3423495456&tx=UT545TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
 2. 6+ years of experience in software development mapping massively parallel workloads for HPC or kernel development
 3. Programming in C, C++, Python, or related programming languages
 4. Experience with computer architecture or tools for silicon development, 1. Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related areas with experience in driving ML performance optimization and trade-offs
 2. Experience in developing and optimizing compute or collective kernels using CUDA or similar programming models (SSE, AVX, NEON, Hexagon DSP, etc.)
 3. Understanding of GPU architectures or other AI accelerator architectures
 4. Experience working in pre-silicon validation processes, including development and validation with pre-silicon tools and models
 5. Experience with firmware development, API design, device driver development, and library implementation

## Description

1. Work on developing AI kernels for Meta AI models on Meta AI Accelerators
 2. Develop tools for static performance analysis. Debug performance on the dynamic performance simulator
 3. Identify the compiler, ISA, and optimizations. Help validate performance on RTL simulation / emulation