Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior SoC Architect defines and evaluates SoC architectures and drives them from early performance modeling through detailed microarchitecture and implementation. The role spans performance analysis, SoC IP selection, hardware/software interfaces, and prototype enablement through silicon implementation.
What you'll do
- Define SoC architectures, subsystem microarchitecture, and key hardware/software interfaces.
- Develop performance models and analyze workloads to identify system bottlenecks and architectural opportunities.
- Evaluate and select SoC IP, including processors, memory, interconnect, and external interfaces.
- Drive architectural tradeoffs across performance, power, area, complexity, and implementation.
- Develop architecture and microarchitecture specifications and guide their transition into RTL and firmware.
- Support FPGA/emulation prototypes for architecture validation, software enablement, and performance correlation.
What you'll need
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in SoC architecture, microarchitecture, or system architecture.
- Strong experience with performance modeling, simulation, workload analysis, and SoC integration.
- Strong programming and modeling skills using C++, Python, SystemC, or similar environments.
- Demonstrated experience taking complex hardware from architecture through implementation.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/ML workloads and modern AI computing systems.
- Experience with datacenter-scale systems, infrastructure, or large-scale compute platforms.
- Understanding of modern AI inference, training, and agentic workloads and their system-level characteristics.
- Experience with FPGA or hardware emulation platforms and hardware/firmware co-design.
- Experience with SoC interconnects, memory systems, high-speed interfaces, advanced-node SoCs, or multi-die systems.
- Experience using AI-assisted development, coding, modeling, or analysis tools.
Skills: SoC architecture, microarchitecture, performance modeling, workload analysis, IP selection
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 82-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
486
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Median days since first seen
82 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$230k
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| Metric | Mueon | All employers we track in this specialty (486 roles · 67 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 486 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 8 | 3506 · 120 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 82 d (+82 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $230k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC architecture, microarchitecture, performance modeling, workload analysis, IP selection
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 79 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 67 open roles · median 84 d
- AMD · 39 open roles · median 71 d
- Arm Holdings · 29 open roles · median 14 d
- Apple · 28 open roles · median 15 d
- Micron Technology · 20 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 486 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 67 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.