Solution Architect

About the role

Role Summary The SoC Architect owns the system-level architecture of the chip: how it's partitioned into subsystems/IP blocks, how area/power/timing/cost budgets are allocated across those partitions, and the tradeoff decisions that reconcile competing requirements from product, silicon, and software stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Translate product/market requirements into a system architecture spec: block diagram, subsystem boundaries, interconnect topology (NoC/bus), memory hierarchy
• Own the SoC-level floorplan intent (macro placement zones, I/O planning, hierarchy of physical blocks) in partnership with physical design leads
• Own top-down and bottom-up budget allocation for area, power (dynamic/leakage), timing (frequency targets per domain), and cost (die size, package
• Run and adjudicate tradeoff studies (e.g., performance vs. power vs. area, cache size vs. latency
• Maintain the architecture "ledger" — a live tracking of budget vs. actual as blocks mature from RTL to layout to silicon, flagging overruns early and reallocating margin

What you need

• 10–18 years in software engineering
• VLSI
• Variance analysis
• PhD