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Distinguished Technologist - AI Model Performance Architect

HP Spring, Texas senior full-time

Salary

190,000 - 274,000 annually

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Description

This role is responsible for bridging system memory architecture with AI model behavior, ensuring optimal performance through HW/SW co-design and workload-aware tuning.

The role develops AI workload optimization strategies for faster model startup, improved inferencing efficiency, and reduced memory needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze system bandwidth, latency, and compute bottlenecks
  • Model performance across CPU/GPU/NPU for AI workloads
  • Simulate workload execution (PnP tradeoffs, resource contention)
  • Optimize model execution (initialization time, caching, KV reuse)
  • Drive HW/SW co-design (memory, caching, scheduling)
  • Partner with ML teams to align model structure with system architecture
  • Leverage recognized technical and business expertise to define long-term vision and strategy for electrical hardware design and development across multiple feature areas and divisional boundaries
  • Develop technology roadmaps for electrical/hardware engineering teams; identify gaps and solutions for future growth
  • Communicate strategy and technology roadmaps to executive staff, industry partners, and customers
  • Provide innovative solutions and integrate advanced technologies, theories, or techniques with a significant impact across disciplines
  • Provide consultation, design input, and feedback for new product development and design reviews across multiple organizations and architectures
  • Work closely with product management, engineering stakeholders from related departments, and empower teams to deliver outstanding and impactful results
  • Initiate industry-leading research and development, serving as a recognized lead authority internally and externally
  • Provide mentoring and guidance to less-experienced staff members to set an example of electrical hardware design and development, innovation, and excellence
  • Participate in and provide input on the process for the selection of future technical leaders

Education & Experience Recommended:

  • Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence
  • Typically has 12+ years of work experience, preferably in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware, or a related field

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Long-term/short-term disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life insurance
  • Generous time-off policies, including 4-12 weeks fully-paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

Skills

Required

Nice to have

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