SOC Performance Engineer - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.
This role involves analyzing and optimizing the architectural performance of AMD’s PC and Gaming processors.
About the role
This role involves analyzing and optimizing the architectural performance of AMD’s PC and Gaming processors. You will contribute to AMD’s Client and Graphics SOC Performance Team.
What you'll do
- Work with IP and SOC architects to develop and optimize processors.
- Characterize workloads, project performance, and debug performance issues.
- Run performance simulations and analyze results to evaluate architectural features.
- Analyze the competition and identify areas for improvement.
- Enhance existing application tracing techniques.
- Develop and maintain tools for data collection and analysis.
- Execute post-silicon debug/tuning efforts to ensure AMD processors are fully performance optimized.
What you'll need
- Experience with computer architecture, system simulation, and performance evaluation.
- Experience analyzing system bottlenecks and optimizing computing systems for performance.
- Strong experience with computing software, including operating systems, hypervisors, compilers, drivers, and workloads.
- Adept at mathematical and statistical modeling.
- Detailed microarchitecture knowledge of a CPU, GPU, NPU, Video Processors, and/or DRAM controllers.
- Proficient in C/C++ programming and software engineering concepts.
- Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD degree in Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science with emphasis on computer architecture.
Skills: SOC performance, computer architecture, performance modeling, system simulation, workload characterization, CPU GPU NPU microarchitecture
This role has been open 66 days — well below the 78-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
474
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$238k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (474 roles · 65 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 34 | 474 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 251 | 3202 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 60 d | 78 d (−18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $238k |
Skills observed across this category: SOC performance, computer architecture, performance modeling, system simulation, workload characterization, CPU GPU NPU microarchitecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 75 open roles · median 85 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 70 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 11 d
- AMD (this employer) · 34 open roles · median 59 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 114 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 106 d
How we counted: 474 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 65 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.