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# SoC Performance Engineer

- **Company:** Kronos
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $291,200
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Computer Programming, Performance Monitor
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/5fbb64db-273c-4ef6-bd57-b374ceca73ef/soc-performance-engineer

## About the Role

+ 8 yrs of SoC analysis experience associated with building tooling/processes around performance monitoring
 + Experience monitoring usage, throughput, and collisions of traffic moving through L2/L3 cache and network-on-chip / communication fabric between on-die elements.
 + Ability to characterize & establish limits for bandwidth allocation, QoS values, channel priorities, and similar related technologies.
 + Experience with Intel TigerLake / IceLake / AlderLake chips.
 + Key word for immediate engagement - AC20-193 certification experience
 * Developed tooling to monitor LLC occupancy, memory-controller bandwidth utilization, and inter-core interference using Intel PMU/uncore counters.
 * Characterized worst-case latency effects of cache and fabric contention and established QoS/bandwidth-allocation limits for mixed-criticality workloads
 * Created automated performance-monitoring infrastructure for Intel Xeon/Tiger Lake platforms to track cache misses, memory traffic, and QoS effectiveness.

Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software programming applications. Supports and/or installs software applications/operating systems. Participates in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Provides technical support to project team members. Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area and 6-8 years of experience in the field. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department.