System Architect - Austin, Texas, USA | Portland, Oregon, United States
About the role
This role defines and drives the architecture of advanced silicon systems, focusing on system-level design, IP integration, and architectural specifications.
What you'll do
- Define system architecture.
- Build and run models for architectural decisions.
- Determine product partitioning across dies.
- Define what crosses die-to-die links.
- Provision memory.
What you'll need
- Experience as a System Architect.
- Expertise in system-level design.
- Experience with IP integration.
- Ability to create architectural specifications.
- Experience with die-to-die links.
Skills: System Architect, system-level design, IP integration, architectural specifications, die-to-die links
This role has been open 33 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 | Ahead Computing | All employers we track in this specialty (486 roles · 68 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 486 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 13 | 3359 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 90 d | 81 d (+9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $239k |
Skills observed across this category: System Architect, system-level design, IP integration, architectural specifications, die-to-die links
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.