samsungsemiconductor
Principal, CPU Architecture & Performance Research Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- United States
- Employment
- employment_required
- Experience
- 18+ years
- Posted
- 2026-02-13T14:32:41-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Engineering
- Medical
Requirements
Master’s with 18+ years of experience in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
or PhD with 15+ years of experience preferred.
10+ years of experience in CPU microarchitecture and/or performance engineering.
Experience with RISC-V, ARM or X86 architectures.
Strong understanding of:
Out-of-order execution, branch prediction, pipelines, and speculation
Responsibilities
Architecture Research Lab is seeking Principal CPU Architecture & Performance Engineer to lead the definition, analysis, and optimization of next-generation CPU microarchitectures (RISC-V core). This role is focused on end-to-end performance: from architectural trade-offs and workload characterization to micro-architectural modeling, simulation, and silicon bring-up correlation.
You will work closely with architecture, design, compiler, and system teams to drive performance and efficiency across a broad set of real-world workloads