{"id":3511434,"url":"https://alion.io/job/sk-hynix-research-scientist-loop-engineering-and-ai-infrastructure","title":"Research Scientist - Loop Engineering and AI Infrastructure","company":{"id":50931,"name":"SK hynix","domain":"skhynix.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/sk-hynix","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Jose, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":115000,"max_usd":251000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":3718},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Chisel","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T23:20:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T01:45:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":28,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":28},"description":"About the Company:\nAt SK hynix memory solutions, we're at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, developing advanced memory solutions that power everything from smartphones to data centers. As a global leader in NAND flash technology and memory solutions, we drive the evolution of advancing mobile technology, empowering cloud computing, and pioneering future technologies. Our cutting-edge memory technologies are essential in today's most advanced electronic devices and IT infrastructure, enabling enhanced performance and user experiences across the digital landscape.\nWe're looking for innovative minds to join our mission of shaping the future of technology. At SK hynix memory solutions, you will be part of a team that's pioneering breakthrough memory solutions while maintaining a strong commitment to sustainability. We're not just adapting to technological change - we're driving it, with significant investments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and eco-friendly solutions and operational practices. As we continue to expand our market presence and push the boundaries of what's possible in semiconductor technology, we invite you to be part of our journey to creating the next generation of memory solutions that will define the future of computing.\nAbout the Role:\nWe are hiring a full-time research scientist. Depending on your qualifications, the job is loop engineering, AI infrastructure research, or both.\nLoop engineering is the design and study of closed-loop flows that automate, optimize, and explore SoC designs. These are AI-assisted hardware/software co-design flows. CHIA, from UC Berkeley, is one example of a framework you may use.\nAI infrastructure research is full-stack design and optimization of AI systems from storage devices to the host: how memory-device noise affects AI performance, where the system bottlenecks, and which compute-memory architectures are worth building.\nYou will own the research questions, methods, and written results.\nWhat you will do:\nEstablish best practices for SoC design automation, optimization, and design-space exploration, and make them the way the team runs design studies.\nDesign and implement co-design loops whose steps run SoC tools, simulators, software builds, physical-design feedback, and AI agents, and whose outputs feed the next iteration.\nBuild those flows with the languages and tools the study needs, including Chisel and XLS, simulators, software builds, and ASIC or FPGA CAD.\nMeasure whether the designs a loop produces are correct, and compare them on power, speed, silicon area, or how well the target workload runs. Record which design was chosen, what the search cost, and enough detail that someone else can rerun the study and see why a run failed.\nResearch: AI infrastructure:\nStudy AI system design from storage and memory devices through controllers, interconnects, and the host software path used by training and inference.\nMeasure how device noise and non-idealities (read and write noise, variation, retention, disturb, and error rates) affect model quality, tail latency, throughput, and energy.\nQuantify bottlenecks in capacity, bandwidth, latency, power, and data movement, and state what they imply for architecture.\nEvaluate compute-memory architectures such as near-memory and in-memory compute, computational storage, and disaggregated memory.\nWhat you bring:\nBachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science. A bachelor’s degree should include research depth in computer architecture, computer systems, VLSI, or electronic design automation.\nA record of taking a research question to a measured, written result.\nStrong in Python.\nFor a loop-engineering assignment:\nExperience automating an SoC, RTL, or physical-design flow, including design-space exploration or closed-loop optimization.\nAbility to design interfaces between design tools so a flow can be reused.\nFor an AI infrastructure assignment:\nResearch on the path from storage or memory devices to a host running an AI workload, and on how device behavior, system bottlenecks, or compute-memory architecture affect AI performance.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nHands-on experience with an AI-assisted hardware/software co-design loop framework, such as CHIA, SKHY, or with another agentic or scripted flow.\nProficiency with Chisel, XLS, or RISC-V SoC integration, and with RTL simulation or FPGA prototyping.\nExperience with commercial ASIC flows, and with reading timing, power, and area reports.\nExperience with architecture simulators.\nBackground in memory or storage reliability: device noise, ECC, endurance, or error models.\nPapers or patents in computer architecture, VLSI CAD, or hardware/software co-design.\nWhat success looks like:\nIn the first year, a loop-engineering hire produces a reusable co-design loop for an SoC decision and a written best practice. An AI infrastructure hire produces a result that ties a bottleneck, a memory-device noise effect, or a compute-memory architecture to host-level AI performance. A hire for both produces both.\nCOMPENSATION: $000,000/yr - $000,000/yr\nREGARDING COMPENSATION:\nSK hynix memory solutions America Inc. offers you the opportunity to apply your skills to exciting projects while working with innovative teams. Our compensation package is complimented by a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance and a company 401(k) match, as well as cafeteria, onsite gym and much more. If you are motivated by technical challenges, we offer a collaborative work environment that encourages career growth.\nThe salary offered to a selected candidate will be tailored based on several factors, including the location, job grade, relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. 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