Senior Performance Architect

Job Title

Senior Performance Architect

Role Summary

Senior engineer on Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) focused on SOC and IP performance modeling to improve planning, quality, delivery, and scalability of cloud hardware. Collaborates with micro-architects, RTL teams, IP architects, and product teams to identify bottlenecks and propose validated architectural changes.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The role expects significant technical experience and leadership in SOC/IP performance analysis; preferred experience includes developing SOC or IP performance models and benchmarks.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and own cycle-accurate and approximate SOC/IP performance models and analysis tools using C++ and Python.
• Analyze workloads, identify performance bottlenecks, and quantify impacts with micro-architects and RTL teams.
• Propose and justify architectural and microarchitectural changes based on quantitative modeling results.
• Use and integrate AI tools and infrastructure to enhance performance modeling and analysis workflows.
• Verify correlation between SOC performance models and RTL implementations.
• Work with SOC, IP, and system teams to ensure designs meet performance, efficiency, and QoS goals.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and conditions:

• Proficiency in C++ and Python for performance modeling and tooling.
• Experience with SOC and IP performance modeling, benchmarking, and analysis.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory subsystems, interconnects, I/O, coherency, QoS, and related performance tradeoffs.
• Ability to correlate models to RTL and work closely with RTL and microarchitecture teams.
• Experience applying or integrating AI tools into development and analysis workflows.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Must be able to meet Microsoft security screening and export-control access requirements.
• Nice-to-have: experience with post-silicon performance tuning and performance monitors.

Education Requirements

Education and equivalent-experience options stated: Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 1+ year technical engineering experience; OR Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 4+ years; OR Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 5+ years; OR equivalent practical experience. Related technical fields are acceptable per the posting.

About the Company

Company: Microsoft

Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States

Microsoft is a global technology company that develops and sells software, services, devices, and solutions. Known for its Windows operating system, Office suite, and Azure cloud platform, Microsoft aims to empower individuals and organizations around the world to achieve more. The company fosters a culture of innovation and inclusion, focusing on delivering trusted experiences to customers and partners globally.