Systems Engineer (Product Definer) - Automotive
This role focuses on the definition of integrated circuits (ICs) for Automotive applications.
Originally posted 14 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role defines integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive applications, blending technical leadership, customer engagement, and product vision. It involves leading new concept investigations and owning product architecture definition and system requirements capture.
What you'll do
- Lead new concept investigations, including feasibility studies and competitive technical analysis.
- Own product architecture definition and capture system requirements in collaboration with customers and internal teams.
- Evaluate architectural trade-offs to propose optimal technical solutions.
- Translate customer needs into actionable engineering requirements and drive customer-centric decision making.
- Engage with customers to present product concepts and specifications.
- Participate in IC and board-level design reviews.
What you'll need
- Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (or equivalent).
- Proven analytical and communication skills.
- Experience working directly with customers and translating market needs into engineering solutions.
- Hands-on experience with lab-based competitive analysis and teardown investigations.
Nice to have
- Background in semiconductor product definition, system architecture, or mixed-signal IC design for low-power applications.
- Experience with ICs or electronic systems for Automotive applications.
- Experience working directly with automotive OEM's and/or Tier 1 suppliers.
- Working knowledge of automotive standards such as ISO26262, AEC-Q100, CISPR25 and IEEE 802.3 single-pair ethernet variants such as 100BASE-T1 and 10BASE-T1S.
Skills: product definition, architecture definition, system requirements, automotive applications, IC and board-level design reviews
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First seen in our index 90 days ago, well above the 73-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
512
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Median days since first seen
73 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$229k
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| Metric | Cirrus Logic | All employers we track in this specialty (512 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 512 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 31 | 3606 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 238 d | 73 d (−165 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: product definition, architecture definition, system requirements, automotive applications, IC and board-level design reviews
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 85 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 69 open roles · median 85 d
- AMD · 41 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 17 d
- Arm Holdings · 28 open roles · median 16 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 112 d
How we counted: 512 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.