XPU Architect
Originally posted July 29, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an XPU Architect at Volantis Semiconductor, you will own the XPU compute engine architecture for the A-0 and A-1 systems. The architecture initially leverages third-party IP to address bandwidth demand and memory system interface challenges before moving to semi-custom and custom designs.
What you'll do
- Own the XPU compute engine architecture for the A-0 and A-1 systems.
- Integrate and leverage third-party IP to solve bandwidth demand and memory system interface challenges.
- Define architectural directions transitioning from third-party IP to semi-custom and custom compute XPU designs.
- Address system-level bottlenecks related to interconnect, memory capacity, bandwidth, and latency for inference workloads.
What you'll need
- Previous experience architecting and owning a high performance, high TDP ASIC (e.g., AI chips, network switch chips, high performance CPUs, or similar).
- Knowledge of computer architecture and silicon implementation, including the constraints implementation places on architectural options.
- Deep understanding of AI workloads, especially low latency LLM inference.
- Understanding of workload and system level bottlenecks, especially around inference as it pertains to interconnect, memory capacity, bandwidth, and latency.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with AI chip architecture and tapeouts.
- End to end ownership of at least one AI ASIC project.
- History of product delivery.
- Experience with HBM-based AI chip architecture.
- Experience in proposing non-traditional chip architectures in any domain.
Skills: XPU, AI accelerator, LLM inference, computer architecture, HBM
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 107-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
482
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Median days since first seen
107 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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| Metric | Volantis Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (482 roles · 72 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 482 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 4 | 6837 · 181 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 107 d (+107 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: XPU, AI accelerator, LLM inference, computer architecture, HBM
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 109 open roles · median 88 d
- Qualcomm · 104 open roles · median 123 d
- AMD · 21 open roles · median 128 d
- Micron Technology · 15 open roles · median 72 d
- Mobileye · 15 open roles · median 102 d
- Analog Devices · 14 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 482 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 72 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.