Sr. Director, SoC Architecture - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 3 September 2026 by the employer — open 14 days.
About the role
What you'll do
- Define system architecture across processors, memory, interconnect, clocking, power management, and hardware accelerators.
- Drive power, performance, area, and system-level tradeoffs for highly constrained embedded devices.
- Develop architecture and microarchitecture specifications, system dataflows, and power/performance models.
- Make key hardware/software partitioning decisions in partnership with software and systems teams.
- Evaluate internal and third-party IP, including AI/ML accelerators, and influence Ambiq’s long-term technology roadmap.
What you'll need
- 15+ years of SoC, processor, microcontroller, or related system architecture experience.
- Proven experience defining and delivering complex SoC architectures from concept through silicon.
- Deep understanding of low-power embedded systems.
- Strong knowledge of SoC architecture, including CPU/MCU subsystems, memory architecture and topology, fabric/interconnect, clocking and power management, hardware/software partitioning, and power and performance modeling.
- Experience creating architecture and/or microarchitecture specifications.
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Skills: SoC architecture, low-power embedded systems, memory architecture, power management, AI/ML accelerators
This role has been open 13 days — well below the 65-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
447
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$244k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ambiq Micro | All employers we track in this specialty (447 roles · 62 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 447 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 12 | 3007 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 39 d | 65 d (−26 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $244k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC architecture, low-power embedded systems, memory architecture, power management, AI/ML accelerators
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 67 open roles · median 76 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 50 d
- AMD · 33 open roles · median 69 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 84 d
- Renesas Electronics · 23 open roles · median 42 d
- Apple · 19 open roles · median 8 d
How we counted: 447 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 62 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 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.