System Architect for Advanced Memory System Architecture- DMTS/SMTS
Originally posted 15 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Identify key system requirements, bottlenecks, and propose novel solutions for various applications.
- Perform system-level simulations of innovative architectures.
- Develop models of new controllers, components, memory devices, interconnects, and processors.
- Capture, benchmark, and analyze applications and their corresponding memory and storage access patterns.
- Craft innovative solutions, model, and analyze them to demonstrate benefits and tradeoffs.
What you'll need
- Strong exposure to computer architecture analysis and design tradeoffs.
- Exposure to large scale server systems with an emphasis on memory and storage subsystems.
- Exposure to architectures for large, sophisticated blocks and measuring their impact at the system-level.
- C/C++ experience.
- Understanding of how to use the C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
- Deep knowledge of architecture tradeoff analysis and modeling tools and methodologies.
- Exposure to software development practices.
Nice to have
- Python experience.
- SystemC experience.
- Experience in memory and storage controller architecture.
- Experience with protocols like DDR, NVDIMM.
- Strong knowledge through academic coursework or experience in DRAM and NAND memory systems, as well as other memory types.
- Exposure to operating system (OS) memory management.
Skills: memory system architecture, storage subsystems, system-level simulations, computer architecture, memory controllers
This role has been open 81 days — slightly above the 75-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
442
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Median days open
75 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (442 roles · 64 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 442 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 103 | 3109 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 121 d | 75 d (+46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: memory system architecture, storage subsystems, system-level simulations, computer architecture, memory controllers
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 71 open roles · median 82 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 59 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 61 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 102 d
- Renesas Electronics · 22 open roles · median 59 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 20 open roles · median 104 d
How we counted: 442 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 64 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 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.