Staff SOC Silicon Design Engineer - TX, Austin, United States
$156,100 - $267,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a member of the Computing & Graphics (CG) SoC Architecture team, you will develop and design custom silicon for client, discrete graphics, handheld gaming, gaming consoles, and related platforms. You will work with the lead SoC architect from early concept development through final production to define customer-specific architectures, product specifications, micro-architecture specifications, and performance and power trade-offs.
What you'll do
- Support pathfinding activities to influence and define architecture. - Analyze design tradeoffs in terms of performance, power, and area impact. - Analyze and compile competitive analysis data. - Collaborate with architecture leads to translate product requirements into detailed specifications. - Work with AMD engineering teams and IP teams to ensure architectural alignment of features, clean interoperability, and integration. - Develop and maintain comprehensive end-to-end process documentation to ensure cross-team alignment and execution clarity.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. - Experience conducting experiments, analysis, and formulating design recommendations for SoC and IP design teams. - Experience evaluating performance, power, and area tradeoffs. - Experience translating product requirements into product and micro-architecture specifications.
Nice to have
- Solid understanding of SoC construction including fabric connectivity, memory systems, power delivery, clock distribution, floor planning, and packaging. - Skills in scripting, data analysis, experience with EDA tools, VLSI design flow, and CMOS technology. - Proficiency in scripting languages (Perl, TCL, Python). - Experience analyzing sophisticated workflows and developing automation or streamlined processes.
Skills: SoC architecture, product specifications, micro-architecture, performance, power trade-offs, fabric connectivity
This role has been open 164 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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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (473 roles · 67 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 473 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 251 | 3328 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 74 d | 78 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC architecture, product specifications, micro-architecture, performance, power trade-offs, fabric connectivity
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 (this employer) · 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.