Platform Software Architect for Next-Gen AI Silicon

Positron Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Remote-first culture

Unlimited PTO

Equity

401(k) matching

Job summary

Positron AI is hiring a platform software architect to define the hardware/software contract for Asimov and future generations. You will work across silicon architecture, firmware, operating systems, runtime, simulation, security, performance, and developer tooling.

Reporting to the Director of Accelerator Platform Software, you will maintain a cross-generation view, define durable interfaces, lead architecture reviews, and contribute reference implementations where code clarifies decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in low-level platform software and ownership of architecture decisions.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, concurrency, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Strong C or C++ skills with judgment on when to prototype or implement.
• Proven ability to influence multiple engineering teams without formal authority.
• Ability to define precise interfaces, milestones, and testable system behavior.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-generation platform software architecture with stable interfaces.
• Integrate GOLD, Asimov interpreter, firmware, Linux, and simulation into a coherent stack.
• Lead architecture reviews and drive cross-team issues to closure.
• Build prototypes or reference code for risky interfaces and mentor engineers.
• Partner with Product Security and Performance to treat protection and observability as architectural priorities.

Skills

Computer architecture

C/C++

Concurrency

Device I/O

Interfaces

Leadership

Job description

Positron AI is hiring a platform software architect to define the hardware/software contract for Asimov and future generations. You will work across silicon architecture, firmware, operating systems, runtime, simulation, security, performance, and developer tooling.

Reporting to the Director of Accelerator Platform Software, you will maintain a cross-generation view, define durable interfaces, lead architecture reviews, and contribute reference implementations where code clarifies decisions.