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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days SK hynix America's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of SK hynix America's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SK hynix America
- high 39 stale, 0 reposted of 48 open
- Hiring momentum
- 55 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Director of Buffer & Memory Subsystem Architecture will lead the HW/SW co-design of next-generation HBF–xPU systems, focusing on translating complex AI workloads into architectural policies for memory systems. This role involves optimizing system-level efficiency, developing performance models, and validating architectural assumptions while collaborating with both internal teams and external partners.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SK hynix America as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of experience in Memory Controllers, Cache/Prefetch architectures, SSD/Storage Controllers, Accelerator Memory systems, and DMA/Data Movement architectures
- Strong expertise in system performance analysis, including memory latency, bandwidth, locality, contention, and workload characterization
- Proven HW/SW co-design experience
- Experience owning system architecture decisions, technical requirements, interface definitions, and performance acceptance criteria
- Experience defining functional partitioning and interface contracts across hardware, firmware, drivers, compiler/runtime, and application software
- Experience developing or extending simulation tools for architectural modeling using Python, C/C++, SystemC, or comparable modeling environments
What you get
- Top Tier health insurance at no employee cost
- Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Parental Leave, Happy Fridays
- 401k Matching
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for Health Care & Dependent Care
- Educational reimbursement up to $10,000 per year
- Donation Matching and volunteering opportunities
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options despite onsite requirement
- Compensation range provided, but varies by location and skills
- Role involves high-level decision-making which may lead to significant responsibility and pressure
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Listed by SK hynix America on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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