Cloud Data Center SoC Performance Modeling Architect

MediaTek; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 356,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Vacation time

Parental leave

401K

Job summary

MediaTek’s Data Center team is advancing high‑performance, power‑efficient datacenter processors. We’re seeking a Datacenter Compute SoC Performance Modeling Engineer to define next‑gen cloud CPUs and develop cycle‑accurate simulators (C++/SystemC) for multi‑core SoCs.

You will collaborate with CPU/Compute core architects, IP teams, RTL designers, and workload analysts to optimize memory bandwidth, interconnects, and core counts, delivering peak performance per watt.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of CPU/SoC performance modeling experience.
• Experience profiling hyperscaler workloads (e.g., SPEC CPU, cloud microservices, big data analytics).
• Proficient in modern C++ and object-oriented design.
• Scripting in Python or Perl for data analysis.
• Knowledge of memory hierarchies and cache coherency.
• Familiar with interconnects and I/O protocols like PCIe/CXL.
• Experience with gem5 or Sniper or similar simulators.
• Strong communication across teams and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cycle-accurate performance models for multi-core datacenter SoCs.
• Characterize cloud-native workloads and drive architectural requirements.
• Conduct what-if analyses to optimize cache sizes, memory bandwidth, latency, and topologies.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose hardware/software solutions.
• Correlate models with RTL simulations and silicon data.
• Build tooling for performance tracing and regression pipelines.

Skills

C++

Python

Perl

SystemC

gem5

Sniper

CPU microarchitecture

Memory hierarchies

Interconnects PCIe/CXL

Performance modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

gem5

Sniper

SystemC

Job description

MediaTek’s Data Center team is advancing high‑performance, power‑efficient datacenter processors. We’re seeking a Datacenter Compute SoC Performance Modeling Engineer to define next‑gen cloud CPUs and develop cycle‑accurate simulators (C++/SystemC) for multi‑core SoCs.

You will collaborate with CPU/Compute core architects, IP teams, RTL designers, and workload analysts to optimize memory bandwidth, interconnects, and core counts, delivering peak performance per watt.