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Lead SoC Architect: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for an experienced SoC architect providing technical direction for a semiconductor startup developing next-generation graphics processors.
  • The Person:The person will define SoC architecture, evaluate performance and integration tradeoffs, guide cross-functional engineering teams, and support silicon bring-up, debugging, tuning, and post-silicon optimization.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 10+ years of SoC architecture, ASIC development, or complex semiconductor system design experience, with expertise in modern SoC architectures, RTL development, and performance analysis tools.

About the role

About the Opportunity

A semiconductor startup developing next-generation graphics processors is seeking an experienced Lead SoC Architect to own architecture definition and technical direction for advanced compute platforms.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role combining individual contribution with cross-functional engineering leadership. Candidates must be local to the Bay Area and able to work on-site in Sunnyvale.

Responsibilities

  • Define top-level SoC architecture, subsystem partitioning, interface specifications, and microarchitecture requirements.

  • Evaluate tradeoffs across performance, power, area, bandwidth, latency, and scalability.

  • Lead performance modeling, workload analysis, and bottleneck identification using C/C++/SystemC or similar tools.

  • Define memory hierarchy, NoC/interconnect strategy, cache structures, and coherency architecture.

  • Evaluate and integrate third-party IP, including compute, memory, connectivity, multimedia, and security subsystems.

  • Collaborate with RTL, verification, physical design, firmware, software, and systems teams throughout development.

  • Partner with verification teams on architectural test plans and validation strategies.

  • Support silicon bring-up, debugging, performance tuning, and post-silicon optimization.

  • Contribute to long-term technology and product roadmaps.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

  • 10+ years of experience in SoC architecture, ASIC development, or complex semiconductor system design.

  • Strong understanding of modern SoC architectures and subsystem integration.

  • Expertise in one or more of the following:

    • CPU, GPU, or NPU architectures

    • NoC/interconnect architectures

    • Cache coherency protocols, including CHI, ACE, or CXL

    • High-speed interfaces such as PCIe, UCIe, or Ethernet

    • Memory systems such as DDR5, LPDDR5X, or HBM

    • Power and performance optimization

  • Strong knowledge of RTL development and verification methodologies.

  • Experience with architecture modeling and performance analysis tools.

  • Understanding of firmware/software interaction in complex SoC systems.

  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with AI accelerators, GPUs, networking, RISC-V, or datacenter SoCs.

  • Experience with chiplet-based or multi-die architectures.

  • Familiarity with advanced process technologies and package integration.

  • Experience with emulation, FPGA prototyping, and system-level validation.

  • Knowledge of Linux drivers, runtime software, or system software architecture.

  • Prior technical leadership across cross-functional engineering teams.

Published October 28, 2026
Location Sunnyvale, CA
Category Hardware & Semiconductor Engineering  
Job Type Full-Time  

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