Senior Digital IC System Architect

We are looking for an experienced Digital IC Systems Architect to develop advanced mixed-signal SoC solutions for customer applications. You will translate high-level customer requirements into robust SoC architectures. You will evaluate different IPs and technologies, define digital micro-architectures and help ensure solutions meet the required performance, power and chip-area targets. This is a highly technical, customer-facing position suited to someone with strong experience across digital IC design, SoC architecture and mixed-signal semiconductor development.

We are looking for an experienced Digital IC Systems Architect to develop advanced mixed-signal SoC solutions for customer applications. You will translate high-level customer requirements into robust SoC architectures. You will evaluate different IPs and technologies, define digital micro-architectures and help ensure solutions meet the required performance, power and chip-area targets. This is a highly technical, customer-facing position suited to someone with strong experience across digital IC design, SoC architecture and mixed-signal semiconductor development.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate high-level customer requirements into digital IC and SoC architectures
• Define appropriate micro-architectures and hardware specifications
• Evaluate and select IPs including CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, memories, accelerators and custom IP
• Determine how different IP blocks can be combined to meet system-level requirements
• Model, analyse and optimise system performance
• Identify and resolve architectural performance bottlenecks
• Develop solutions within defined power consumption and chip-area constraints
• Recommend appropriate IC technologies and architectural approaches
• Collaborate with analogue IC architects and software engineers to create complete mixed-signal SoC solutions
• Engage directly with customers to understand technical requirements and present proposed solutions
• Support sales teams with technical expertise during customer discussions
• Work with delivery and engineering teams to introduce new digital micro-architectures
• Support implementation across SystemVerilog, RTL verification, design verification, physical design and DFT/validation
• Identify technical risks and communicate potential issues that could impact customer requirements, quality or delivery

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in digital IC design and/or SoC system architecture
• Strong experience architecting advanced digital or mixed-signal SoCs
• Hands-on Verilog and SystemVerilog experience
• Strong understanding of CPU and DSP architectures
• Experience evaluating and integrating semiconductor IP
• Good understanding of mixed-signal system architecture
• Experience with relevant EDA tools for IC development
• Broad understanding of the semiconductor developmentlifecycle, including:
  • IC architecture and design
  • Physical design
  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Packaging and assembly
  • Testing and validation
• Familiarity with automotive functional safety / ASIL
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify technical issues proactively
• Excellent technical communication and customer-facing skills
• Ability to work effectively across architecture, engineering, software, sales and customer teams
• Fluent written and spoken EnglishEducation

Education

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Microelectronics, IC Design or a closely related discipline
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience in digital IC design and system/SoC architecture