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# Senior AI Performance Architect

- **Company:** Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,700.0 - $190,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Communications Protocols, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Network Planning and Design, Performance Tuning, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, System on a Chip, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Pytorch, DeepSpeed, Large Language Models, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/bb36926f-3f9d-4d54-ae58-2773a7cdf91a

## About the Role

* Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
 * 3+ years Hardware Engineering experience defining architecture of GPUs or accelerators used for training of AI models
 * In-depth knowledge of nVidia/AMD GPU capabilities and architectures
 * Knowledge of LLM architectures and their HW requirements

Preferred Skills and Experience:

 * Knowledge of computer architecture, digital circuits and hardware simulators
 * Knowledge of communication protocols used in AI systems
 * Knowledge of Network-on-Chip (NoC) designs used in System-on-Chip (SoC) designs
 * Understanding of various memory technologies used in AI systems
 * Experience in modeling hardware and workloads in order to extract performance and power estimates
 * High-level hardware modeling experience preferred
 * Knowledge of AI Training systems such as NVIDIA DGX and NVL72
 * Experience training and finetuning LLMs using distributed training framework such as DeepSpeed, FSDP
 * Knowledge of front-end ML frameworks (i.e.,TensorFlow, PyTorch) used for training of ML models
 * Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
 * Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving, analytical and debugging skills
 * Demonstrated ability to learn, think and adapt in a fast-changing environment
 * Ability to code in C++ and Python
 * Knowledge of a variety of classes of ML models (i.e. CNN, RNN, etc), Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

## Description

* Understand trends in ML network design through customer engagements and latest academic research and determine how this will affect both SW and HW design
 * Work with customers to determine hardware requirements for AI training systems

 * Analysis of current accelerator and GPU architectures
 * Architect enhancements required for efficient training of AI models
 * Design and architecture of:
 * Flexible Computational Blocks
 + Involving a variety of datatypes : floating point, fixed point, microscaling
 + Involving a variety of precision : 32/16/8/4/2/1
 + Capable of optimally performing dense and sparse GEMM, GEMV
 * Memory Technology and subystems that are optimized for a range of requirements
 + Capacity
 + Bandwidth
 + Compute in Memory, Compute near memory
 * Scale-Out and Scale-Up Architectures
 + Switches, NoCs, Codesign with Communication Collectives
 * Optimized for Power
 * Ability to perform Competitive Analysis
 * Codesign HW with SW/GenAI (LLM) requirements
 * Define performance models to prove effectiveness of architecture proposals
 * Pre-Silicon prediction of performance for various ML training workloads
 * Perform analysis of performance/area/power trade-offs for future HW and SW ML algorithms including impact of SOC components (memory and bus impacts), Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).