Senior Performance Verification Engineer
About The Position
As a member of the CPU Performance Verification Team, the Senior Performance Verification Engineer is responsible for performance correlation, analyzing workloads and benchmarks for performance bottlenecks, developing microbenchmarks, and creating verification infrastructure for performance analysis. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to product lines spanning consumer graphics, self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence. This is a technical leadership role focused on defining, planning, implementing, and executing performance verification strategies for sophisticated CPU designs. The engineer examines CPU unit specifications and implementations and their performance impacts, works with architecture and design engineers to scope microarchitectural features, develops performance test plans and scalable microbenchmarks, and builds tools and infrastructure for performance correlation and debugging. The role also provides technical guidance to junior engineers and requires agility across multiple tasks and projects.
Requirements
- BS or MS in EE/ECE, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in CPU performance modeling, performance correlation, performance analysis, or relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and designs.
- Experience with workload analysis and characterization.
- Strong coding skills in scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or C++.
- Good communication skills and the ability and desire to work as a team player.
Nice To Haves
- PhD.
- Experience leading performance validation of major blocks of the CPU pipeline.
- Background with ARM A64 or x86 architectures.
Responsibilities
- Define, plan, implement, and execute performance verification strategies for sophisticated CPU designs.
- Analyze CPU unit design specifications and implementations, including their performance impacts.
- Work with architecture and design engineers to define the detailed scope of microarchitectural features.
- Draft detailed performance test plans and create scalable microbenchmarks to validate features.
- Analyze and correlate CPU benchmarks and workloads.
- Build infrastructure and tools for efficient performance correlation and debugging.
- Lead and provide detailed technical guidance to junior engineers.
- Work across multiple tasks and projects.
Benefits
- Equity
- Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
