CPU Performance Architect
About the role
This role involves working with design and architecture teams to ensure CPU performance targets are met and validated.
What you'll do
- Work with design and architecture teams to ensure performance targets are met
- Validate CPU performance targets
- Develop features that meet power and performance
- Analyze features that meet power and performance
- Optimize features that meet power and performance
What you'll need
- Strong interest in CPU performance simulation
- Strong interest in microarchitecture
Skills: CPU, performance targets, design and architecture teams, power and performance, next-generation CPU products, optimize features
This role has been open 63 days — well below the 81-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
486
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$239k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ahead Computing | All employers we track in this specialty (486 roles · 68 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 486 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 13 | 3359 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 90 d | 81 d (+9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: CPU, performance targets, design and architecture teams, power and performance, next-generation CPU products, optimize features
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 83 open roles · median 81 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 44 open roles · median 18 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 76 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 124 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 103 d
How we counted: 486 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 68 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.