Hiring: Datacenter Compute SoC Perf/Power Modeling Architect Company: MediaTek Location: San Jose, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 13:57:16 Target Skills & Keywords : C++, Microservices, Perl, Python, SOC About the job Experience: •5+ years of industry experience in CPU, compute core, SoC, or system-level performance modeling and architectural analysis. Required Skills: •Simulator Development: Design, develop, and maintain cycle-accurate and transaction-level performance models (C++/SystemC) for multi-core datacenter SoCs, including CPU cores, memory subsystems, interconnects (NoC), and high-speed I/O (PCIe/CXL). •Workload Analysis & Profiling: Analyze and characterize cloud-native workloads, microservices, databases, and AI/ML data processing pipelines to drive architectural requirements. •Performance Exploration: Conduct what-if analyses and architectural design sweeps to optimize cache sizes, memory bandwidth, latency, interconnect topologies, and core counts. •Bottleneck Identification: Identify micro-architectural and system-level performance bottlenecks and propose innovative hardware or software solutions. •RTL & Silicon Correlation: Work with RTL verification and post-silicon validation teams to correlate the performance model against RTL simulations, emulators, and actual silicon, ensuring model accuracy. •Tooling & Infrastructure: Build and enhance tracing tools, data visualization dashboards, and automated performance regression pipelines using Python and data analysis libraries. Location: open to San Jose, San Diego, Portland and Austin •Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++14/17 or later) and object-oriented design. •Strong scripting skills in Python or Perl for data analysis and automation. Qualifications: •Datacenter Focus: Experience profiling and analyzing hyperscaler workloads (e.g., SPEC CPU, cloud microservices, big data analytics, virtualization). Compensation: •$211,000 - $356,000 / year •Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!