Distinguished Technologist - AI Model Performance Architect

HP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Holidays

Flexible paid vacation

Job summary

HP in Houston is seeking a Distinguished Technologist - AI Model Performance Architect to bridge system memory architecture with AI model behavior, optimizing performance through HW/SW co-design and workload-aware tuning.

You will help outline strategy roadmaps, collaborate with ML teams, and drive industry-leading R&D with broad impact across HP’s hardware engineering domains.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Typically 12+ years of work experience in electrical design and tools, software, architecture of electronic hardware.

Responsibilities

• Analyze system bandwidth, latency, and compute bottlenecks.
• Model performance across CPU/GPU/NPU for AI workloads.
• Simulate workload execution (PnP tradeoffs, resource contention).
• Optimize model execution (initialization time, caching, KV reuse).

Skills

Memory design

AI model design

FPGA

Hardware architecture

Electrical engineering

Schematic capture

MATLAB

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering

12+ years of work experience in electrical design & related fields

Tools

CAD tools

Job description

Distinguished Technologist - AI Model Performance Architect Description

This role is responsible for bridging system memory architecture with AI model behavior ensuring optimal performance through HW/SW co-design and workload aware tuning. This role develops AI workload optimization strategies for faster model startup, improved inferencing efficiency, and reduced memory needs. This role leverages technical and business expertise to outline strategy roadmaps for the function. The role identifies future growth opportunities and addresses gaps with innovative solutions. The role collaborates closely with various stakeholders, empowers teams to achieve remarkable and consequential outcomes, and spearheads industry-leading research and development.

Responsibilities

• Analyze system bandwidth, latency, and compute bottlenecks
• Model performance across CPU/GPU/NPU for AI workloads
• Simulate workload execution (PnP tradeoffs, resource contention)
• Optimize model execution (initialization time, caching, KV reuse)
• Drive HW/SW co-design (memory, caching, scheduling)
• Partner with ML teams to align model structure with system architecture
• Leverages recognized technical and business expertise to define long-term vision and strategy for electrical hardware design and development across multiple feature areas and divisional boundaries.
• Develops technology roadmaps for electrical/hardware engineering team; identifies gaps and solutions for future growth.
• Communicates strategy and technology roadmaps to executive staff, industry partners and customers.
• Provides innovative solutions and integrates advanced technologies, theories, or techniques with a significant impact across disciplines, championing large projects for long‑range goals.
• Provides consultation, design input, and feedback for new product development and design reviews across multiple organizations and architectures.
• Works closely with product management, engineering stakeholders from related departments and empowers the teams to deliver outstanding and impactful results.
• Initiates industry‑leading research and development, serving as a recognized lead authority internally and externally.
• Provides mentoring and guidance to less experienced staff members to set an example of electrical hardware design and development, innovation, and excellence.
• Participates in and provides input on process for selection of future technical leaders.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four‑year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 12+ years of work experience, preferably in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware, or a related field.

Knowledge & Skills

• Memory & AI model design
• Computer Science
• Debugging
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Electronics
• Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
• Hardware Architecture
• Hardware Design
• MATLAB
• Mechanical Engineering
• New Product Development
• Oscilloscope
• Physics
• Printed Circuit Board
• Schematic Capture
• Simulations
• Systems Design

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

Impacts multiple functions and influences long-term strategic direction across multiple disciplines or areas of HP.

Complexity

Invents, develops and introduces new methods and techniques that impact multiple disciplines and work groups.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure 11 paid holidays Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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