Lead SoC Architect

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 9+ years

Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Lead SoC Architect to define and drive the architecture of next-generation semiconductor products. You will lead architecture definition, subsystem integration, and technical decision-making for complex SoCs targeting AI, GPU, networking, multimedia, RISC-V, and datacenter applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Define top-level SoC architecture and subsystem partitioning.
• Drive architecture trade-offs across performance, power, area, latency, and bandwidth.
• Develop architecture specifications and interface definitions.
• Collaborate with RTL, Verification, Physical Design, Firmware, Software, and System teams.
• Perform architecture modeling and workload analysis using C/C++/SystemC.
• Define memory hierarchy, NoC, coherency architecture, and cache strategy.
• Integrate third-party IPs including CPU, GPU, NPU, PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet, Multimedia, and Security IP.
• Support verification planning, silicon bring-up, debug, and performance optimization.
• Contribute to future product and technology roadmaps.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in SoC Architecture, ASIC Design, or complex semiconductor systems.
• Strong expertise in SoC architecture and subsystem integration.
• Experience with CPU/GPU/NPU architectures, NoC, Cache Coherency (CHI/ACE/CXL), PCIe, DDR5/LPDDR5X, RTL methodologies, and architecture modeling.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AI Accelerator, GPU, Networking, RISC-V, or Datacenter SoC experience.
• Chiplet or Multi-die architecture.
• FPGA prototyping and emulation.
• Linux Drivers or System Software.
• Technical leadership across cross-functional engineering teams

Must-have skills

SoC Architecture, ASIC Design, Performance Modeling

Good-to-have skills

RISC-V, Cache Coherency, NoC