Senior Performance Modeling Architect

Who you are

• A CPU architect, performance architect, or performance modeling engineer with experience influencing CPU architecture or microarchitecture decisions
• You have a strong understanding of modern processor architecture and enjoy digging into why a CPU performs the way it does
• You are comfortable combining hardware architecture, software, data, and analytical modeling to solve complex performance problems
• You can move between high-level architectural questions and detailed analysis of CPU pipelines, memory systems, workloads, and bottlenecks
• A strong collaborator and technical communicator who can turn complex modeling results into clear recommendations and drive decisions across engineering teams
• 8+ years of experience in CPU architecture, performance modeling, microarchitecture, performance analysis, or a closely related field
• Strong understanding of CPU architecture and microarchitecture, including areas such as pipelines, execution, scheduling, branch prediction, caches, memory hierarchy, and data movement
• Demonstrated experience using performance models, simulation, or quantitative analysis to guide real architectural decisions
• Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or similar languages, with experience developing or extending modeling and analysis tools
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across architecture, hardware, and software teams

What the job involves

• Gain deeper exposure to the full CPU architecture and development process, from early architectural exploration through implementation and silicon
• Expand your ability to connect performance models and workload behavior to real hardware design decisions
• Work across CPU architecture, software, compilers, and system teams to understand performance from multiple perspectives
• Develop new approaches to modeling, workload analysis, and architectural exploration as processor designs become increasingly complex
• Help shape the performance characteristics and architectural direction of future generations of Tenstorrent CPUs

The application process

• We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting