ASIC Architect

cerebrassystems

Sunnyvale, CA · Sunnyvale · United States

Posted Jun 4, 2026

Other
Silicon

Job description

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. Our novel wafer-scale architecture provides the AI compute power of dozens of GPUs on a single chip, with the programming simplicity of a single device. This approach allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds and empowers machine learning users to effortlessly run large-scale ML applications, without the hassle of managing hundreds of GPUs or TPUs.

Cerebras' current customers include top model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

Thanks to the groundbreaking wafer-scale architecture, Cerebras Inference offers the fastest Generative AI inference solution in the world, over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.

Responsibilities

Translate high level architecture spec to micro-architecture feature requirements
Bring up new features in the performance/power model
Perform comprehensive PPA trade-offs for new architectural features
Extract insights for new features and micro-architecture power efficiency
Profile workloads, identify bottlenecks and project competition performance for benchmarking
Engage with SW teams for end-end application level modeling at cluster level
Identify kernel level HW acceleration level opportunities

Qualifications

Masters/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering
10+ years of experience across performance analysis and modeling across GPUs, CPUs or accelerator products
Strong background in computer architecture and key high level architectural trade-offs
Comfortable standing up new performance models from scratch in Python or similar analytical environments
Exposure to micro-code (kernel) performance bottlenecks and optimization techniques
Good understanding of how high-level workloads map to underlying micro-architecture is desired
Understanding of basic ML workload profiling techniques and model network architecture is preferred

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2026.

Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!

Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.

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