Senior SoC Architect - Ann Arbor, MI, United States
About the role
The Senior SoC Architect will define and drive the system-level architecture for SoCs for AI and edge-computing applications. You will translate product and workload requirements into scalable system architectures.
What you'll do
- Define the overall SoC architecture, including memory hierarchy, IP selection, high-speed interconnects, coherency, I/O, security, and power-management architectures.
- Own SoC architecture specifications and roadmaps, authoring, reviewing, and maintaining architectural and micro-architecture documents.
- Evaluate architectural tradeoffs, balancing performance, power, area (PPA), cost, and schedule for edge computing workloads.
- Analyze target AI workloads and develop performance models to guide architectural decisions and identify bottlenecks.
- Partner with RTL, verification, firmware, compiler, and application teams throughout the development lifecycle to translate product requirements into actionable engineering plans.
- Lead architecture reviews, document requirements, and ensure alignment between product goals and implementation, supporting pre-silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, performance characterization, and optimization.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 15+ years of industry experience in ASIC/SoC design, with at least 3+ years functioning in a lead architectural capacity.
- Proven track record of successfully architecting and taping out complex, high-performance SoCs.
- Deep knowledge of AI architectures.
Skills: SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, high-speed interconnects, performance modeling, AI architectures, edge computing workloads
This role has been open 47 days — well below the 81-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 open
81 d
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Median salary
$239k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Memryx | All employers we track in this specialty (486 roles · 68 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 486 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 2 | 3359 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 81 d (−34 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, high-speed interconnects, performance modeling, AI architectures, edge computing workloads
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 83 open roles · median 81 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 44 open roles · median 18 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 76 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 124 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 103 d
How we counted: 486 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 68 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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 Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.