# System Modeling (Performance Models) at Unconventional AI

- Company: Unconventional AI
- What the company does: Unconventional AI is rethinking the foundations of compute to bring biology-scale energy efficiency to AI. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://unconv.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View, CA I US Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-04-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://unconv.ai/careers/?gh_jid=4205993009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/unconventional-ai-system-modeling-performance-models/

## About the role

As a Member of Technical Staff, System Modeling (Performance Models), you will be part of a hands-on R&D team building simulation frameworks that enable evaluation and rapid iteration across all layers of unconventional physics-based computing systems for machine learning workloads. “Extreme co-design” is our guiding principle.

## What they're looking for

- Education
- MS/PhD in a quantitative field (AI/ML, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math), or BS with substantial, clear evidence of equivalent research/engineering depth
- Performance Modeling Knowledge
- Experience with tools and development for power profiling, modeling and simulation for AI workloads
- Deep understanding of spatial architectures and data orchestration mechanisms
- Deep understanding of different dataflow strategies and their tradeoffs, e.g. Weight-Stationary (WS), Output-Stationary (OS), Input-Stationary (IS) and Row-Stationary (RS)

Tags: Engineering