SOC Performance Architect

MatchPoint; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchPoint is seeking a senior engineering professional to lead MPU and SoC performance pathfinding, modeling, and simulations for current and future platforms.

You will develop system-level models to optimize throughput, latency, QoS, and power across design options, collaborating with hardware, firmware, and validation teams to ensure end-to-end product quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Strong understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
• Proficient with system performance modeling and simulation analysis
• Successful first-pass SoC or MPU development record

Responsibilities

• Lead MPU and SoC performance pathfinding, modeling, simulations, and projections for current and future platforms.
• Develop system-level models to evaluate and optimize performance (throughput, latency, QoS, power) across design options.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and validation organizations to ensure end-to-end product quality, performance, and reliability.
• Generate workloads for target applications and optimize these workloads within hardware constraints.
• Drive performance metrics and analysis for central compute ECU workloads.
• Conduct theoretical analysis and ROI of new features or proof of concept.
• Manage Neural Network benchmark criteria and competitive analysis.
• Work with SoC Architect and software teams to optimize hardware for system workloads within performance, power, reliability, and cost constraints.
• Support SoC microarchitecture definition and specifications.
• Support hardware engineering in design, system architecture, and ECU development phases.

Skills

System performance modeling

Computer architecture fundamentals

SoC/MPU development

Modeling and simulations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

ARM 32/64-bit

LPDDR5/DDR5 memory

LPDDR6 memory

Memory controller design

High-speed interfaces

Job description

• Lead MPU and SoC performance pathfinding, modeling, simulations, and projections for current and future platforms.
• Develop system-level models to evaluate and optimize performance (throughput, latency, QoS, power) across multiple design options.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, and validation organizations to ensure end-to-end product quality, performance, and reliability.
• Generate workloads for target applications and optimize these workloads within hardware constraints
• Drive performance metrics and analysis for central compute ECU workloads
• Conduct theoretical analysis and return on investment of new features or proof of concept
• Manages Neural Network benchmark criteria and competitive analysis
• Work with SoC Architect and software teams to optimize hardware for system workloads within performance, power, reliability, and cost constraints.
• Support SoC microarchitecture definition and specifications
• Support hardware engineering in design, system architecture, and ECU development phases.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience
• Strong understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
• Proficient with system performance modeling and simulation analysis
• Successful first-pass SoC or MPU development record

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, Automotive or Industrial experience
• Direct work with ARM 32/64-bit, power management, high-speed interfaces, memory, video/audio
• Experience with memory controller designs for LPDDR5, DDR5, LPDDR6
• Strong background in building fast, accurate SoC performance models
• Strong understanding of embedded electronics design constraints

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a track record of innovation
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across global, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Passion for architecting SoC or MPU solutions that redefine performance and efficiency in embedded computing