ASIC Architect at Cerebras Systems (Sunnyvale, CA)
Cerebras Systems· Sunnyvale, CA·
Role details
Job Stability · Startup Vitality · Non-Corporate Work Culture · Continuous Learning · Growth And Support
Cerebras Systems at a glance
Cerebras builds wafer-scale AI chips, the largest ever made, plus the supercomputers and fast inference cloud that run on them.
Cerebras designs the Wafer-Scale Engine, the largest computer chip ever built, and sells it as on-premises CS-3 supercomputers and as a pay-as-you-go inference and training cloud. Its pitch is speed: keeping a whole model on one piece of silicon delivers AI inference the company says runs up to 15x faster than GPU clusters.
$5.55B (IPO); ~$2.7B raised privately beforehand raised · latest: IPO · ~$5.55B · May 2026 (Nasdaq: CBRS, priced at $185) · backed by Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Andy Bechtolsheim, Adam D'Angelo
Summary
Lead the translation of high-level architecture specifications into micro-architecture requirements for Cerebras' AI chips. Perform comprehensive PPA trade-offs, build performance models, and identify hardware acceleration opportunities to drive industry-leading inference speeds.
Job description
Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; 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.
Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership openai.com/cerebras-partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.
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.
Find out more about what it's like to work at Cerebras here cerebras.ai/join-us!
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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Why work at Cerebras Systems
- Culture: “Extraordinary people, breakthrough innovation, global impact” – the company highlights collaborative, low‑overhead teams with little bureaucracy.
- Work environment: Hybrid/office with locations in Sunnyvale, San Diego, Toronto, and Bangalore. Inclusive and flexible policy.
- Perks: Premium medical/dental/vision, life insurance, generous vacation, 401(k) and Group RRSP retirement plans, daily catered meals, healthy snacks, family‑friendly events (including CEO’s famous BBQ).
- Engineering focus: Tackling fundamental challenges in chip design, system software, compiler technology, and ML workflows. Positions range from hardware (Design Verification, Manufacturing) to software (SRE, Compiler, Cloud).
- Philanthrophy: Supports local communities and hosts students from around the world for Q&A.