Principal Performance Architect

4 days ago


Hillsboro, United States Microsoft Full time

Microsoft ships tens of millions of hardware products every year, including the Xbox, Surface devices, HoloLens, accessories, and much more. Microsoft's silicon development teams incubate advanced technologies and build deep partnerships with internal research, product planning, business, and marketing teams. Opportunities within our silicon teams represent a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, architecture, design, verification, performance modeling, and physical design supporting the development of custom silicon. We are looking for you to bring your authentic self to help us in designing for the futureAs the Principal Performance Architect, Silicon Engineering, you will work in the team responsible for SOC/IP performance modeling, including projections, architectural and what-if analysis and direction setting for our programs. You will work closely with the product architecture System On Chip (SOC) architecture teams, IP architecture, to ensure our SOC and IPs enable performant, efficient, and industry-leading systems. The team you’ll be part of will be involved in numerous projects within Microsoft, developing custom silicon for a diverse set of systems. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge, custom SoC designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in the most efficient manner.We are looking for a Principal Performance Architect to join our teamMicrosoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.Required/Minimum Qualifications9+ years of related technical engineering experienceOR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience or internship experienceOR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experienceOR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience.5+ years of experience in computer architecture, System on Chip (SOC) and system-software architectures, and their performance tradeoffs.Other Qualifications:Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Additional or Preferred Qualifications:Experience developing SOC performance modeling techniques and benchmarks from conception to microarchitecture specification.Significant understanding of input/output (I/O), memory subsystems, coherency flows, interconnect, Quality of Service (QoS) traffic.Knowledge of performance monitors and post-silicon SOC and performance tuning is a plus.Excellent communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to contribute to diverse and inclusive teams.Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 17th, 2025.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.#AfroTech2024In this high impact & highly visible role on the team, you will be responsible for:Developing performance modeling methodologies by creating and owning System on Chip/ Intellectual Property (SOC/IP) cycleAccurate/approximate performance models and analysis tools in C++ and Python.Using workload information and working with Micro-architects and RTL team to identify performance bottlenecks.Collaborate across functional to propose architectural/microarchitectural changes and provide the required quantitative justification.Verifying the correlation of the SOC performance models to the Register Transfer Level (RTL) implementation.Collaborating across teams to come up with the best solution possible with a One Microsoft mindset.Challenging the status quo with a growth mindset to push the envelope and enable world-class SOC products across Microsoft.Employment typeFull-TimeWork siteUp to 50% work from homeRole typeIndividual ContributorDisciplineSilicon EngineeringProfessionHardware Engineering



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