Computer Architecture

NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $116,000 – $189,750

This role involves designing high-performance, power-efficient hardware building blocks (RTL) for GPUs and SoCs used in AI, graphics, and autonomous systems. It suits engineers with 2+ years of digital design experience who are comfortable with Verilog, synthesis flows, and collaborating across large verification and silicon teams.

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Samsung Semiconductor

Full-time · $151,000 – $251,800

Design verification engineer role focused on validating Samsung's next-generation mobile GPU subsystems through strategic planning and hands-on testing. This position suits experienced semiconductor verification engineers who combine architectural knowledge with strong testbench development and debugging skills.

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NIO

Full-time · San Jose, CA · $163,500 – $212,400

NIO seeks a systems researcher to develop the operating system powering their electric vehicles, focusing on kernel optimization, architecture design, and moving research prototypes into production software. This role suits someone with deep systems expertise who wants to apply academic rigor to real-world vehicle software challenges.

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Ambarella

US Headquarters · $166,000 – $212,000

This role develops low-level software and microcode for AI processors on specialized SoCs, optimizing how machine learning workloads run on heterogeneous hardware. It suits engineers experienced in systems software who enjoy performance tuning and working at the hardware-software boundary.

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XPeng

Internship · Santa Clara, CA

This role involves optimizing AI inference performance on embedded automotive platforms, focusing on latency reduction and power efficiency for production vehicles. It suits someone with strong systems-level expertise in C++ and performance analysis who wants to work on autonomous driving at scale.

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Voyager

Long Beach, CA · $135,000 – $185,000

This role develops advanced electronic hardware systems for space and defense applications, focusing on high-reliability circuit board design and integration. It suits experienced electrical engineers comfortable leading complex technical efforts and working with state-of-the-art computing systems in a mission-critical environment.

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Palantir

Washington, DC

Palantir seeks an experienced software engineer to optimize and build systems for edge computing environments, from embedded devices to distributed systems. This role is for someone skilled in low-level native development who can solve latency, performance, and cost challenges in real-world deployments.

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Menlo Ventures Portfolio

Full-time · New York, NY · $280,000 – $850,000

This role focuses on optimizing machine learning performance on TPU and other accelerators, designing custom kernels, and solving low-level systems problems for research and production workloads. It suits engineers with deep experience in accelerator optimization and a passion for high-performance computing who want to directly impact large-scale AI infrastructure.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · $152,000 – $287,500

NVIDIA seeks a deep learning performance architect to design GPU and system architectures that advance AI inference speed and efficiency through hardware-software co-design. This role suits someone with strong ML fundamentals and systems-level performance expertise who wants to guide next-generation GPU architecture decisions.

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Samsung Semiconductor

Full-time · $151,000 – $251,800

Samsung is seeking a Staff GPU Architect to drive the design and strategy of next-generation graphics processors for mobile and automotive platforms. This role suits experienced hardware architects who want to shape high-performance, power-efficient GPU systems while collaborating across a global semiconductor organization.

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