SOC Architecture
$98,500 - $147,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves defining and designing platform infrastructure hardware components such as Interconnect (NOC), System Cache, Memory controllers, and System MMU for Qualcomm SoCs.
What you'll do
- Coordinate with domain leads to ensure a robust infrastructure deployment plan based on product requirements.
- Understand hardware architecture and hardware-software feature trade-offs.
- Contribute to the complete silicon hardware end-to-end design flow.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4 years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience, OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2 years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- Robust understanding of computer architecture.
- Basic understanding of end-to-end ASIC design flows.
- Knowledge in SOC and Infrastructure IP (NOC, SMMU, Caches) hardware architecture.
- Exposure to an interconnect protocol.
- Exposure to a programming language for automation.
Nice to have
- Exposure to Quality of Service, Clocks, Power management, Security, and Debug architectures and their respective software interfaces.
- Knowledge in industry standard Interconnect Protocol and IO Devices Protocol.
- Understanding of hardware-software interfaces and firmware.
- Experience in post-silicon flows and debugs.
Skills: SOC Platform Architect, infrastructure HW components, interconnect (NOC), system cache, memory controllers, system MMU, ARM Architecture
This role has been open 71 days — below the 79-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
472
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$238k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (472 roles · 65 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 73 | 472 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 381 | 3202 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 87 d | 79 d (+8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $238k |
Skills observed across this category: SOC Platform Architect, infrastructure HW components, interconnect (NOC), system cache, memory controllers, system MMU
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 73 open roles · median 88 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 12 d
- AMD · 34 open roles · median 60 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 115 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 472 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 65 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.