Performance Modeling Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

Etched was founded on the belief that new hardware will be needed to run human- and superhuman-level artificial intelligence. Our ASIC systems deliver orders of magnitude higher performance than conventional AI chips.

• Develop and own SoC functional models from architecture to deployment, including integration with infrastructure, thorough testing, and debugging.
• Collaborate closely with architecture, RTL design, design verification, emulation, and software teams to ensure alignment and performance.
• Innovate tooling and infrastructure to enhance usability and effectiveness for internal and external partners.
• Optimize model and infrastructure performance, ensuring scalability for real-world AI workloads.
• Create software that is well-documented, maintainable, and reusable, ensuring longevity and ease of future development.

What they're looking for

• Expert knowledge in functional modeling of ASICs (TPUs, GPUs, CPUs, or equiv. accelerators)
• Strong command of C++ for modeling with Python familiarity for scripting and automation.
• Insights bridging simulation to analysis of complex systems involving multiple domains (e.g., physical link IO / memory / chip firmware / system software / overall performance).
• High interest in learning transformer architecture, developing insight into AI hardware/software co-design.
• Passion for AI and a desire to push performance and efficiency boundaries.

Tech stack

• Transformers
• C++
• Python