About the role
This role defines the design architecture and methodologies for a new platform of digital compute and analog/mixed-signal products.
What you'll do
- Define the architecture and methodology for a new design platform targeting a broad spectrum of products, covering elements of hardware and software.
- Identify novel solutions when architecting product functionality and/or with design methodologies.
- Guide world-wide teams in technical areas, from microarchitecture to productization.
- Define and create design methodology and design flow improvements for efficiency and robustness.
What you'll need
- B.Tech / M.Tech in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
- At least 15 years of technical experience across any domain of VLSI design.
- Extensive technical background within the development of semiconductor products or sub-components (IPs).
- Experience with embedded CPUs, from a hardware and software/firmware perspective.
- Ability to define strategic actions, with appropriate design trade-off analyses.
Nice to have
- Experience in the design of CPU/MCU (sub)systems, compute functions and accelerators.
- Development of signal processing components or processing systems.
- Programming in Python for automation and C/C++ for embedded software.
- Definition of design intent: specification, microarchitecture, structural / functional assessments (CDC, test readiness), verification methods (formal / simulation), physical design (synthesis, timing/power optimisation), process technology aspects.
- Experience in FPGA prototyping.
- Awareness in mixed-signal design and verification.
Skills: design architecture, design platform, architecture definition, RTL modeling, performance analysis, microarchitecture
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First seen in our index 94 days ago, well above the 73-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
512
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Median days since first seen
73 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | onsemi | All employers we track in this specialty (512 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 512 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 53 | 3606 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 117 d | 73 d (−44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: design architecture, design platform, architecture definition, RTL modeling, performance analysis, microarchitecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 85 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 69 open roles · median 85 d
- AMD · 41 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 17 d
- Arm Holdings · 28 open roles · median 16 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 112 d
How we counted: 512 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.