System Architect, Custom Silicon
$171,000–$296,000 year
On-siteRichardson, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end system architecture development for complex semiconductor products, translating customer and market requirements into scalable system-level architectures and technical specifications. Define product partitioning across hardware, software, firmware, security, and system management functions while driving processor, memory, interconnect, and subsystem architecture decisions. Conduct architecture tradeoff studies to balance performance, power, cost, schedule, and risk, and own system-level requirements management and traceability. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure implementation success, lead technical reviews and signoffs, and mentor senior contributors. Act as the primary technical interface for key customers and executive stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Proven track record defining and delivering complex semiconductor products from architecture through production
- Strong experience in system architecture for ASICs, SoCs, MCUs, networking, automotive, aerospace, or data infrastructure products
- Deep understanding of processor architectures, memory hierarchies, interconnect fabrics, security architectures, and system-level design methodologies
- Experience developing architecture specifications, requirements management frameworks, and performance models
- Strong knowledge of hardware/software co-design methodologies
- Experience working across Architecture, RTL Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Design, Software, Validation, and Product Engineering organizations
- Ability to perform complex system tradeoff analysis involving power, performance, area, cost, reliability, and schedule considerations
- Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated leadership of large cross-functional engineering teams
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- 18+ years of experience architecting networking, automotive, industrial, aerospace, AI/ML, security, or embedded computing products
- Deep expertise in one or more domains including processor architecture, memory systems, networking protocols, security architecture, embedded systems, or functional safety
- Experience with third-party IP ecosystems, standards bodies, and industry specifications
- Experience defining hardware/software platforms and reference architectures
- Familiarity with functional safety, cybersecurity, and reliability requirements for mission-critical applications
- Proven history of first-pass silicon success and successful product deployment
- Experience working across global engineering organizations including the US and India
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