# AI Hardware / Memory Systems Architect

AI Hardware / Memory Systems Architect Reports To: VP, Engineering Company Overview: Netlist, Inc. (OTCQB: NLST) is a leading provider of high-performance modular memory subsystems and next-generation storage-class memory solutions. We specialize in cutting-edge technologies that enable innovation in AI, cloud computing, and enterprise infrastructure. Our product portfolio includes DDR4/DDR5 DIMMs, NAND-based SSDs, and advanced interconnect technologies such as CXL and PCIe. Join our world-class engineering team and be part of shaping the future of memory and storage architecture. Position Summary: This is a senior technical architecture role for an individual who understands how AI workloads translate into memory, bandwidth, latency, compute, interconnect, power, and system-level requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief AI Systems Architect, AI Product Strategist, AI Inference / Systems Software Architect, and R&D engineering teams to translate customer problems and AI workload requirements into innovative hardware and memory architectures. We are particularly interested in investigating opportunities involving: Evolution of memory hierarchy as AI mo

- **Id**: 4203474
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/netlist-ai-hardware-memory-systems-architect>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irvine, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T16:12:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T23:00:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7231
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Storage, Memory & Storage Chips

## Company

- **Id**: 691714
- **Name**: Netlist
- **Domain**: netlist.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/netlist>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Salary

- **Min**: 285000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 285000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **KV Cache** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: yes
- **Transformers** — Optional: yes
- **vLLM** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T23:00:47Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T23:56:15Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 285000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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