Job Description

Job Summary

Role Summary The SoC Architect owns the system-level architecture of the chip: how it's partitioned into subsystems/IP blocks, how area/power/timing/cost budgets are allocated across those partitions, and the tradeoff decisions that reconcile competing requirements from product, silicon, and software stakeholders. This is the technical "owner" of the chip's architecture from spec through tapeout, accountable for the coherence of the whole system even as dozens of teams work on the parts.

Key Responsibilities

• Specification & Partitioning
• Budgeting & Tradeoffs

Key Responsibilities

• Cross-Domain Tradeoff Ownership
• Program-Level Technical Leadership
• Documentation & Continuity

Skill Requirements

Required Qualifications

• M.S./Ph.D. in EE/CE or equivalent experience; 10+ years in SoC/ASIC design with progressively senior architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience owning full-chip architecture for at least one shipped SoC (or major subsystem architecture on a large-scale SoC).
• Strong grasp of digital design, low-power design techniques, memory/interconnect architecture, and physical design constraints (so tradeoffs are grounded in implementation reality, not just theory).
• Proven ability to make and defend high-stakes tradeoff decisions under schedule/cost pressure, and to communicate them across technical and business audiences.

Other Requirements

Preferred

• Experience across multiple process nodes and multiple end markets (mobile, automotive, data center, edge AI).
• Background that spans both hardware and software/firmware architecture (useful for HW/SW co-design tradeoffs).
• Experience with formal system-level performance/power modeling tools (e.g., architectural simulators, power estimation frameworks).
• 20-25+ years of industry experience required