SoC Performance Architect for Mobile Platforms

Bzpp; United States; On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung's SoC Performance Architect role at SARC/ACL in Austin focuses on modeling and analyzing next-generation mobile architectures. You will build performance models for CPU, GPU, NPU, and memory subsystems, and drive architectural trade-offs with data-driven analysis.

Join a collaborative team delivering high-performance IP and scalable system models, with opportunities to impact gaming, photography, and immersive experiences across premium Samsung devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or higher required.
• Experience with architectural modeling and performance analysis.
• Proficient in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with CPU/GPU/memory systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop complex SoC performance models for CPU, GPU, ISP, and NPU.
• Perform high-level performance modeling and analysis of hardware features and benchmarks.
• Analyze system-level architectural trade-offs including memory and interconnects.
• Use data-driven methods to reach consensus on architectural proposals.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize use cases like gaming and camera apps.

Skills

Architectural modeling

Performance analysis

C/C++ programming

Python programming

System-level understanding

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master’s Degree in related field

Ph.D

Tools

gem5

Arm architecture

System modeling framework

Job description

Samsung's SoC Performance Architect role at SARC/ACL in Austin focuses on modeling and analyzing next-generation mobile architectures. You will build performance models for CPU, GPU, NPU, and memory subsystems, and drive architectural trade-offs with data-driven analysis.

Join a collaborative team delivering high-performance IP and scalable system models, with opportunities to impact gaming, photography, and immersive experiences across premium Samsung devices.