Senior Principal AI System Architect
$202,200 - $343,700 USD yearly
Focus on memory bottlenecks, bandwidth, and latency management across DRAM, DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and NAND architectures.
Originally posted 4 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
SanDisk is seeking a Senior Principal AI System Architect to lead the definition of system-level solutions focusing on compute memory bottlenecks, bandwidth, and latency management. The role centers on advanced memory technology, AI inference infrastructure, chiplet design, and hardware-software co-design.
What you'll do
- Define system-level architecture specifications co-optimized with software.
- Develop system-level performance and power models to evaluate workload and customer trade-offs.
- Analyze AI/ML models and map workload requirements to hardware architectures.
- Collaborate across hardware and software teams to integrate memory subsystems, cache hierarchies, and system interconnects.
- Explore memory solutions and architectures including in-memory computing, near-memory computing, and packaging solutions.
- Guide engineering teams, author technical documentation, and define IP designs.
What you'll need
- Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 10+ years in system architecture, SoC design, and memory system development.
- Knowledge of memory technologies including DRAM, DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and NAND.
- Understanding of AI accelerators, GPUs, and Neural Processing Engines.
- Proficiency in C/C++, Python, RTL design, and system-level modeling.
- Working knowledge of interconnect technologies including PCIe, CXL, NoCs, Ethernet, and RDMA.
Skills: AI accelerators, SoC Design, System Architecture, interconnect, memory technologies
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 90-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
490
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Median days open
90 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SanDisk | All employers we track in this specialty (490 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 490 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 67 | 6275 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 90 d (−90 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: AI accelerators, SoC Design, System Architecture, interconnect, memory technologies
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 95 open roles · median 121 d
- NVIDIA · 88 open roles · median 65 d
- AMD · 32 open roles · median 113 d
- Micron Technology · 20 open roles · median 85 d
- Mobileye · 19 open roles · median 88 d
- Analog Devices · 15 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 490 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.