Silicon Architect, AI Accelerator

MatX; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO

Remote work up to 3 weeks

Medical insurance

401K

Job summary

MatX, based in Mountain View, CA, designs AI silicon and GenAI accelerators, delivering high-performance compute for the world’s leading models. We are seeking an AI Accelerator Compute Architect to define the compute architecture for our next‑generation accelerators, from ISA down to interconnect.

You will collaborate with Research, SW, and HW teams to optimize latency, throughput, and power, evaluate tradeoffs, and support silicon bring‑up.

Qualifications

• Background in computer architecture and AI accelerators.
• Experience translating workloads into hardware designs.
• Strong microarchitecture fundamentals and latency/throughput knowledge.
• Experience with performance analysis and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Define AI compute subsystem architecture (ISA, memory, interconnect).
• Derive requirements from AI use cases and workloads.
• Collaborate with Research, SW, HW to balance performance and programmability.
• Lead power/area/performance tradeoffs with stakeholders.
• Support first-silicon bring-up and post-silicon debugging.

Job description

What MatX Is Building

MatX designs hardware tailored for the world’s best AI models. Our hardware will make a given level of intelligence available 3-5 years sooner. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the world’s largest models. MatX is seeking an Architect to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for delivering performant silicon architecture at the full-chip or subsystem level.

What MatX Is Building

MatX designs hardware tailored for the world’s best AI models. Our hardware will make a given level of intelligence available 3-5 years sooner. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the world’s largest models. MatX is seeking an AI Accelerator Compute Architect to help define the compute architecture for our next-generation GenAI accelerators.

What You’ll Do

• Define the architecture for MatX’s AI compute subsystem, including ISA, connectivity, memories, and control..
• Derive architectural requirements from AI use cases.
• Conduct analytical and empirical performance analysis.
• Collaborate closely with Research, SW, and HW teams to ensure we architect just-right silicon for workloads, programmability, and PPA.
• Work through power, area, performance tradeoffs with stakeholders.
• Support test plan reviews, first-silicon bring-up, and post-silicon debug.

Who You Are

• Strong background in computer architecture, especially AI accelerators, GPUs, TPUs, vector processors, SIMD, VLIW, or other parallel compute architectures.
• Experience translating workloads into hardware architecture.
• Solid microarchitecture fundamentals.
• First-principles understanding of latency, throughput, utilization, and scalability.
• Familiarity with numeric formats, quantization, rounding, and precision/performance tradeoffs.
• Programming, code optimization, or kernel-level performance analysis experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with performance-optimization techniques in large-scale transformer models is a plus.

Work Location

This is a hybrid role based in our Mountain View, CA office, with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday. In exceptional cases, remote work arrangements may be considered.

Compensation

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

• Early Career - $120,000 - $275,000 + equity
• Mid Career - $175,000 - $450,000 + equity
• Senior Career - $275,000 - $600,000 + equity

What We Offer

• Time off: 4 weeks PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work
• Health: Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents, Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents, and life insurance (employee only), plus HSA and FSA offerings via Lively. See attached benefits 1-pager and full benefits guide for more info on benefits.
• Financial Wellbeing: Choose from Roth IRA/ 401K (or both) retirement plans with up to 5% company contribution to 401K (even if you don't contribute). Also, 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K) and long-term disability insurances.
• Professional Development: $1500 Professional Development Budget (per year)
• Team Meals: MatX provides onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday, with your choice of ordering via WeBox, Specialty’s or via our reimbursement system
• Commute on Us: Commute on our company Uber account, or reimburse your train rides. Either way, we pay 100% for your daily commute.
• MatX E[x]tras: $50/mo to use on the perk you value most
• Cell & Internet Reimbursement: $35/mo for cellular and $40/mo for wifi
• Mental Wellbeing: 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP.
• Support to Parents: Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood, 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave, flexible return-to-work hours, and Benepass reproductive health & parental benefit.
• AI Resources: Up to $20K/month plus a dedicated internal AI Tooling Team to support your productivity

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.