Director, System Engineering & Integration - San Jose, United States
$178,500 - $331,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer.
Leading end-to-end integration across silicon, hardware, firmware, network, and software for emulator platforms.
About the role
The Director of System Engineering & Integration leads the definition, architecture, and execution of end-to-end system integration across silicon, hardware, firmware, network, and software for emulator platforms. This role owns integration strategy, system bring-up, and verification to deliver production-ready systems.
What you'll do
- Build and lead global engineering teams responsible for system integration, validation, and organizational scaling. - Define system integration architecture and technical strategy across ASIC, hardware, firmware, FPGA, and system software. - Establish design-for-integration principles, interface contracts, and integration readiness criteria across interconnects, embedded systems, and system infrastructure. - Own end-to-end integration and bring-up of multi-subsystem platforms, including performance and stress testing. - Lead resolution of complex cross-layer issues spanning hardware and software. - Establish scalable validation infrastructure, automation frameworks, and test environments while standardizing system-level test methodologies.
What you'll need
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience, MS with 10+ years, or PhD with 8+ years. - Expertise in system engineering across silicon, hardware, firmware, drivers, OS, and software. - Experience integrating and delivering complex multi-interface systems. - Knowledge of large computing rack system architecture. - Demonstrated system-level debugging capability and complex system issue root cause resolution. - Experience leading global, cross-functional engineering teams. - Experience with interconnect technologies such as Ethernet, RoCE / UEC, DDRx, and PCIe.
Nice to have
- Master's or advanced degree in a related field. - Communication infrastructures such as PCIe, Infiniband, and distributed Ethernet network setups. - Distro-independent full spectrum of Linux in kernel space and user space across server and embedded systems, including system administration. - Distributed computing with high-availability and scalability. - System virtualization and containerization and real-world applications.
Skills: system integration, silicon, hardware, firmware, network, emulator platforms
This role has been open 102 days — well above the 61-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
103
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$206k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (103 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 103 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 135 | 6222 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 93 d | 61 d (+32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $206k |
Skills observed across this category: system integration, silicon, hardware, firmware, network, emulator platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 30 open roles · median 61 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 15 open roles · median 75 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 48 d
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 28 d
- Apple · 3 open roles · median 20 d
How we counted: 103 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.