New 
Principal Performance Architect
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Oregon, Hillsboro | |
 Nov 28, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft ships tens of millions of hardware products every year, including the Xbox, Surface devices, HoloLens, accessories, and much more. Microsoft's silicon development teams incubate advanced technologies and build deep partnerships with internal research, product planning, business, and marketing teams. Opportunities within our silicon teams represent a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, architecture, design, verification, performance modeling, and physical design supporting the development of custom silicon. We are looking for you to bring your authentic self to help us in designing for the future! As the Principal Performance Architect, Silicon Engineering, you will work in the team responsible for SOC/IP performance modeling, including projections, architectural and what-if analysis and direction setting for our programs. You will work closely with the product architecture System On Chip (SOC) architecture teams, IP architecture, to ensure our SOC and IPs enable performant, efficient, and industry-leading systems. The team you'll be part of will be involved in numerous projects within Microsoft, developing custom silicon for a diverse set of systems. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge, custom SoC designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in the most efficient manner. We are looking for a Principal Performance Architect to join our team!Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesIn this high impact & highly visible role on the team, you will be responsible for:Developing performance modeling methodologies by creating and owning System on Chip/ Intellectual Property (SOC/IP) cycleAccurate/approximate performance models and analysis tools in C++ and Python.Using workload information and working with Micro-architects and RTL team to identify performance bottlenecks.Collaborate across functional to propose architectural/microarchitectural changes and provide the required quantitative justification.Verifying the correlation of the SOC performance models to the Register Transfer Level (RTL) implementation.Collaborating across teams to come up with the best solution possible with a One Microsoft mindset.Challenging the status quo with a growth mindset to push the envelope and enable world-class SOC products across Microsoft. | |