AI Accelerator Silicon Architect

About the company MatX designs hardware tailored for the world's best AI models, developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems to train and run the world's largest models. The company's mission is to make a given level of intelligence available 3-5 years sooner through best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. About the role MatX is seeking an AI Accelerator Silicon Architect to define the compute architecture for its next-generation GenAI accelerators. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering performant silicon architecture at the full-chip or subsystem level, working closely with Research, SW, and HW teams. Responsibilities - Define the architecture for MatX's AI compute subsystem, including ISA, connectivity, memories, and control. - Derive architectural requirements from AI use cases and conduct analytical and empirical performance analysis. - Collaborate with Research, SW, and HW teams to architect silicon for workloads, programmability, and PPA. - Work through power, area, and performance tradeoffs with stakeholders. - Support test plan reviews, first-silicon bring-up, and post-silicon debug. Requirements - Strong background in computer architecture, especially AI accelerators, GPUs, TPUs, vector processors, SIMD, VLIW, or other parallel compute architectures. - Experience translating workloads into hardware architecture and solid microarchitecture fundamentals. - First-principles understanding of latency, throughput, utilization, and scalability. - Familiarity with numeric formats, quantization, rounding, and precision/performance tradeoffs. - Programming, code optimization, or kernel-level performance analysis experience. Nice to have - Familiarity with performance-optimization techniques in large-scale transformer models. Benefits & perks - Competitive cash/equity mix with option to early exercise. - Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; HSA with generous company contribution. - 4 weeks paid PTO, 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year. - Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. - $1,500/year learning & development budget. - 401K/Roth IRA with 5% company contribution. - Home-tech setup and remote wifi reimbursement for remote days (Mon & Fri). Compensation Early Career: $120,000–$275,000 + equity. Mid Career: $175,000–$450,000 + equity. Senior Career: $275,000–$600,000 + equity.