What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Modeling Engineer position at Acceler8 Talent?
Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Principal Performance Modeling Engineer to join an early stage startup backed by a Tier-1 VC that is rethinking AI infrastructure from first principles.
Founded by industry veterans with a track record of shipping some of the industry's most successful products, this startup is innovating at the chip and system level to deliver an order of magnitude better performance-per-watt for inference, which would create a huge economic shift for anyone running large models.
As a Principal Performance Modeling Engineer, you will act as technical lead on the development of performance and functional models that guide architecture decisions and accelerate hardware–software co-design in a fast-moving startup environment.
Responsibilities:
● Design, implement, and maintain processor simulators (performance and/or functional models)
● Model microarchitectural components (pipelines, memory hierarchy, interconnects, accelerators)
● Traces generation and curation to make them suitable for the targeted performance analysis goals
● Analyze simulation results to inform architecture tradeoffs and optimizations
● Collaborate closely with architecture, hardware, and compiler teams
● Own critical simulation infrastructure from concept through production use
Experience:
● 5 years of software engineering experience, ideally in systems, architecture, or EDA domains
● Strong C/C and Python skills with large, complex codebases
● Experience with processor simulators, architectural modeling, or performance analysis, especially “from-scratch” simulator development
● Solid understanding of computer architecture and microarchitecture
● Ability to work independently and make technical decisions in an early startup
Nice to Have:
● Experience with AI/ML accelerators, GPUs, or heterogeneous systems
● Familiarity with simulators such as gem5, gem5-SALAM, or proprietary modeling tools
If you're looking for massive ownership, huge impact, and the opportunity to build from the ground up, please apply here or reach out to me at ltomaszko@acceler8talent.com to hear more.
Salary : $250,000 - $300,000