Senior Technical Staff Engineer – Architect (SoC) - AZ - Chandler, United States
Originally posted 5 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Wireless Solutions Group is seeking an Architect to define the portfolio for 32-bit microcontroller-based Bluetooth, UWB, and Wi-Fi products. The role leads the architecture of wireless SoC solutions that balance high performance with low power consumption across core selection, memory subsystems, and peripherals.
What you'll do
- Define the architecture of Bluetooth, UWB, and Wi-Fi SoC solutions, including core selection, memory subsystems, power management, security, and test features. - Own peripheral architecture, including programming models, interfaces, feature sets, and detailed operational behavior. - Conduct feasibility studies and architectural trade-off analyses to define products that meet target market cost and feature requirements. - Define architectures and features supporting functional safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity (ISO 21434, including TARA analysis). - Contribute to SoC development from concept through tape-out by collaborating with marketing, design, applications, verification, emulation, and product/test teams. - Partner with firmware teams to ensure software support for wireless products and work with IP vendors on technical requirements.
What you'll need
- 15+ years of industry experience in wireless technology design and/or architecture roles. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Expertise in microarchitecture, microcontroller development, and wireless product implementation. - Knowledge of BLE, UWB, and Wi-Fi communication principles and standards. - Familiarity with ARM and RISC core architectures, low-power design, and power/analog subsystems. - Familiarity with functional safety (FuSa) and cybersecurity standards for embedded products.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field. - Experience with SoC EDA tools and flows. - Knowledge of security features and related design principles. - Background in validation methodologies, including debugging on FPGA and silicon IC boards.
Skills: SoC solutions, wireless technology, microcontroller, peripheral architecture, architectural trade-off, functional safety
This role has been open 140 days — well above the 78-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
473
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$239k
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| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (473 roles · 67 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 473 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 67 | 3322 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 123 d | 78 d (+45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC solutions, wireless technology, microcontroller, peripheral architecture, architectural trade-off, functional safety
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 80 open roles · median 82 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 37 open roles · median 16 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 73 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 121 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 100 d
How we counted: 473 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 67 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.