Senior Hardware Compute Architect (f/m/d)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential semiconductor technology organization in Aachen, Germany, in their search for a Senior Hardware Compute Architect. Our client is developing next-generation hybrid compute solutions that combine electronic and photonic technologies to address the industry's growing demand for higher bandwidth, lower power consumption, and increased computing efficiency.

This is a senior-level role where you'll define the hardware architecture for an innovative compute engine, bridging traditional electronic systems with emerging photonic capabilities. You'll work at the intersection of compute architecture, heterogeneous system design, and advanced interconnect technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define the hardware architecture of a hybrid compute engine, including execution units (scalar, vector, tensor/matrix), memory hierarchy, memory tiering strategies, and interfaces enabling cooperation between electronic and photonic compute domains
• Architect the system data fabric and interconnect infrastructure, specifying bandwidth, latency, coherency, and die-to-die communication requirements using technologies such as UCIe-class links, CXL, UALink, and NVLink-class fabrics
• Partner with software architecture teams to define hardware/software interfaces and workload mapping strategies, determining optimal execution paths across compute domains
• Evaluate architectural options through quantitative modeling, analyzing performance, power, area, and scalability trade-offs to guide system-level decisions before silicon implementation
• Collaborate with photonics architecture, circuit design, RTL, physical design, and packaging teams to translate compute primitives into implementable system-level architectures
• Own the hardware architecture specification through sign-off, ensuring alignment between system requirements and downstream implementation teams

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience designing compute hardware architecture at the SoC or system level, ideally involving heterogeneous computing, accelerators, or specialized compute architectures
• Deep expertise in compute architecture, including execution units (scalar, vector, tensor/matrix), workload mapping, memory hierarchy, and system-level architecture trade-offs
• Strong experience architecting high-performance interconnects, data fabrics, and heterogeneous compute systems, including technologies such as UCIe, CXL, UALink, NVLink-class, or comparable architectures
• Experience with architectural modeling and quantitative analysis of performance, power, area, and system scalability
• Proven ability to collaborate across hardware and software teams to define interfaces, requirements, and system-level design decisions
• Experience with architecture modeling and simulation tools, interconnect protocols, and system design workflows, including Python, C++, SystemC, and architecture specification tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with photonic or optical compute concepts and their integration with electronic compute architectures
• Experience with heterogeneous compute architectures involving GPUs, DPUs, FPGAs, custom accelerators, or AI accelerator platforms
• Experience contributing to industry interconnect standards such as CXL Consortium, UALink, or UCIe Consortium

How We Work with You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our recruiting team will carefully review your qualifications and conduct an initial screening to ensure alignment with the role requirements. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Throughout the process, we serve as your advocate and primary point of contact.

Please apply exclusively through Get A Job.ai and do not contact the client directly, as we manage all candidate communications for this confidential search.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive with senior hardware architecture positions in the German semiconductor industry.

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