Sr. Principal SoC Architect (AI2501)
$231,100–$358,200 year
On-site · San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Sr. Principal SoC Architect responsible for leading end-to-end SoC architecture for MLSoC platforms, shaping hardware and software architectural design to balance performance, power, cost, and programmability. Drive HW/SW co-design with silicon and software teams, define architecture requirements for target workloads (GenAI, transformers, multimodal models, real-time AI), pursue forward-looking architectural innovations, and translate workload insights into concrete features. Own performance architecture and roadmap, scope platform software capabilities (virtualization, isolation, system orchestration), and ensure alignment between silicon capabilities and software stack. Represent architecture to customers and internal stakeholders, author architectural specifications and technical analyses, and track industry trends. Requires collaboration across silicon engineering, firmware, and compiler/toolchain teams, plus strong publication and thought-leadership experience. The role is on-site in San Jose, CA, with a salary range of $231,100 to $358,200 annually, and requires advanced degrees and extensive ML/SoC experience.
Required Qualifications
- PhD or MS in electrical engineering or computer science with 20+ years of experience developing products/platforms involving hardware with a focus on optimizing for performance and power
- At least three years of experience in architecting and tape-out of significant and substantial ML engineering products (complex SoC’s, advanced process nodes, from concept to production) that involve silicon and software
- Significant contributor to successful silicon product delivery (industry-leading, complex SoC’s, advanced process nodes, from concept to production)
- Demonstrated technical expertise to research, scoping and solving complex problems in a multidisciplinary and cross functional organization
- Experience working closely with silicon engineering and software teams on productizing architectural concepts
- Experience evangelizing and presenting to customers and leadership teams
- Experience participating in and driving key industry forums desired
- Strong mathematical foundation in machine learning and deep learning
- Must have co-authored internal technical presentations, research papers and disclosures/patents on SoC related topics (preferably published and presented technical papers at industry forums)
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