Staff SOC Performance Architect - Austin, Texas, United States
$198,100 - $268,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Staff SOC Performance Architect, you will work alongside architects and performance engineers to develop high-performance interconnect IP. Your focus centers on developing cycle-accurate timing and performance models for coherent and non-coherent interconnects within the Arm System IP portfolio.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with micro-architects, RTL, and validation engineers to develop cycle-accurate timing and performance models for coherent and non-coherent interconnects. - Drive new feature development by evaluating architectural trade-offs and their impact on system-level performance. - Build correlated performance models used for internal analysis and customer evaluation. - Partner with internal teams and external customers to deliver collateral and technical insights for Arm-based systems. - Design performance test suites, identify bottlenecks, validate expectations, and propose data-driven solutions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, with a strong foundation in computer architecture, microarchitecture, and performance analysis. - 4+ years of experience in SoC performance modeling and/or RTL within the semiconductor industry. - Track record of developing cycle-accurate performance models and evaluating microarchitectural features for performance improvements. - Strong C++ skills for large-scale software development. - Experience with SystemC TLM and proficiency in Python scripting.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of interconnect microarchitecture, PCIe, and CHI protocols. - Familiarity with realistic workloads used for system performance optimization. - Experience with performance verification methodologies and correlating software models with RTL.
Skills: performance modeling, SystemC TLM, C++, interconnect, microarchitecture
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 82-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
480
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Median days open
82 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 | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (480 roles · 68 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 31 | 480 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 118 | 3384 · 117 employers |
| Median days open | 78 d | 82 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: performance modeling, SystemC TLM, C++, interconnect, microarchitecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 78 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 44 open roles · median 19 d
- AMD · 40 open roles · median 60 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 27 open roles · median 125 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 104 d
How we counted: 480 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 68 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 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.