Senior GPU Architect - Austin, Texas, United States
$161,500 - $218,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 July 2026 by the employer.
Develop prototype architectural improvements for Mali Graphics products.
About the role
As a Senior GPU Architect in the Central Technology Graphics Hardware Architecture team, you will focus on architecture, technology research, hands-on prototyping, and experimental investigations. You will collaborate to build prototype architectural improvements and validate architecture ideas for Mali Graphics products.
What you'll do
- Build and prototype architectural improvements and validate innovative architecture concepts. - Conduct technology research and experimental investigations for GPU IPs. - Analyze the performance of gaming and GPGPU workloads. - Engage with product groups and collaborate closely with engineering teams to deliver GPU IP.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree with more than 6 years of industry experience (minimum 2 years in GPU-related work), MS degree with more than 4 years of experience (minimum 2 years working with GPUs), or PhD with at least 2 years of experience working on GPUs. - Knowledge of the graphics pipeline. - Knowledge of GPU architectures, including fixed function units required for graphics processing. - Understanding of the architectural compromises between GPU and CPU architectures. - Background in computer architecture. - Programming ability in C and C++, with experience working with large codebases and debugging complex problems.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of graphics and compute APIs for GPUs such as OpenGL, Vulkan, DX, OpenCL, or CUDA. - Experience in performance modeling, architecture, or developing timing-accurate simulators. - Experience in performance analysis of workloads to determine bottlenecks within the system. - Experience in hardware/software codesign, particularly within GPU drivers and GPU interfaces. - System-level knowledge of how accelerators communicate and transfer data with the host CPU.
Skills: GPU architectures, graphics pipeline, performance modeling, hardware/software codesign, accelerators
This role has been open 87 days — slightly above the 78-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
472
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$238k
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| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (472 roles · 65 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 472 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 104 | 3224 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 117 d | 78 d (+39 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $238k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU architectures, graphics pipeline, performance modeling, hardware/software codesign, accelerators
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 73 open roles · median 89 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 70 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 13 d
- AMD · 34 open roles · median 61 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 27 open roles · median 116 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 472 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 65 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.