Distinguished Technologist - AI Model Performance Architect

Responsibilities

• Analyze system bandwidth, latency, and compute bottlenecks
• Model performance across CPU/GPU/NPU for AI workloads
• Simulate workload execution (PnP tradeoffs, resource contention)
• Optimize model execution (initialization time, caching, KV reuse)
• Drive HW/SW co-design (memory, caching, scheduling)
• Partner with ML teams to align model structure with system architecture
• Leverages recognized technical and business expertise to define long-term vision and strategy for electrical hardware design and development
• Communicates strategy and technology roadmaps to executive staff, industry partners and customers
• Develops technology roadmaps for electrical/hardware engineering team; identifies gaps and solutions for future growth
• Provides innovative solutions and integrates advanced technologies, theories, or techniques with a significant impact across disciplines, championing large projects for long-range goals
• Works closely with product management, engineering stakeholders from related departments and empowers the teams to deliver outstanding and impactful results
• Initiates industry-leading research and development, serving as a recognized lead authority internally and externally
• Mentors and guides less-experienced staff members to set an example of electrical hardware design and development, innovation, and excellence
• Participates in and provides input on process for selection of future technical leaders

Requirements

Recommended Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

Typically has 12+ years of work experience, preferably in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware, or a related field.

Skills

• Memory & AI model design
• Computer Science
• Debugging
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Electronics
• Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
• Hardware Architecture
• Hardware Design
• Matlab
• Mechanical Engineering
• New Product Development
• Oscilloscope
• Physics
• Printed Circuit Board Schematic Capture
• Simulations
• Systems Design
• Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity
• Impact & Scope
• Impacts multiple functions and influences long-term strategic direction across multiple disciplines or areas of HP.
• Complexity
• Invents, develops and introduces new methods and techniques that impact multiple disciplines and work groups.

Pay & Benefits

The pay range for this role is 190,000.00 - 274,000.00 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only).

Benefits HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)