AI Silicon Architect
MatX•Mountain View, CA
•Hybrid
About The Position
MatX designs hardware tailored for the world’s best AI models. Our hardware will make a given level of intelligence available 3-5 years sooner. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the world’s largest models. MatX is seeking an Architect to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for delivering performant silicon architecture at the full-chip or subsystem level.
Requirements
- Expertise in modern high-performance CPU, GPU, or AI accelerator architecture and hardware/software interactions
- Experience analyzing and optimizing system performance using diverse tools and methodologies
- Proficiency in programming and code optimization
- Excellent writing skills
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.
- This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.
Nice To Haves
- Parallel Compute: SIMD, Vector, VLIW, and other parallel execution models
- Data Movement: Efficient storage and communication across memory and network fabrics
- Distributed Systems: Workload mapping, bottleneck analysis, and scalable distributed systems
Responsibilities
- Develop, support, and own hardware architecture throughout the product lifecycle
- Deeply understand customer use cases, workload performance, and ML systems research
- Produce requirements and architecture specifications
- Estimate hardware area, timing, and power to inform architectural trade-offs
- Collaborate closely with Research, Software, and Hardware teams
- Interface with vendors and customers
Benefits
- 4 weeks PTO (accrued)
- 12 company Holidays
- up to 3 weeks remote work
- Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents
- Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents
- Life insurance (employee only)
- HSA and FSA offerings via Lively
- Roth IRA/ 401K (or both) retirement plans with up to 5% company contribution to 401K
- 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K)
- Long-term disability insurances
- $1500 Professional Development Budget (per year)
- Onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday
- Company Uber account for commute, or reimbursement for train rides
- $50/mo for perk of choice
- $35/mo for cellular
- $40/mo for wifi
- 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP
- Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood
- 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave
- Flexible return-to-work hours
- Benepass reproductive health & parental benefit
- Up to $20K/month for AI Resources plus a dedicated internal AI Tooling Team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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