The Principal SoC architect is responsible for architecting the 1P SoC and its building blocks based on use case requirements provided by the system architecture team and the definition of the silicon provided by the Device Product Manager (PM).

Key job responsibilities
The SOC architect collaborates with the IP architects, the silicon design team and the silicon PM when deciding on the silicon architecture, to deliver the performance/power requirements (input from the system architect), different IP requirements and constraints (input from the IP architect) and area/cost/schedule (input from the Device PM and silicon design team). The SoC Architect is also the Chip Lead for the SoC working closely with Physical Design team to partition the silicon, design the interconnect based on BW and performance requirements and develop preliminary floor plan, clocking and power management based on estimates. During post silicon phase, the SoC architect is the first line of defense for issues arising from ATE or bugs identified from silicon validation. In depth knowledge of test, debug and manufacturability is a must as the principal SoC Architect will help tackle design marginality issues due to process variations and recommend voltage, temperature tradeoffs to improve yield and ensuring that the recommendations are within design specifications. The role also requires deep understanding not only of the SoC micro-architecture but also of all highspeed interfaces (DDR, USB, HDMI etc.) and is expected to provide guidance to the respective domain owners during development and debug. Key deliverable from the SOC architect is the SoC architecture spec, along with the sub-system architecture specs in collaboration with IP architects and design leads.

A day in the life
The work of a SOC Architect at Lab126 spans the full chip development lifecyclefrom defining specifications for new edge AI-powered multimedia SOCs to reviewing microarchitecture designs and testplans with cross-functional teams. On any given day, you might be crafting architectural specs for an upcoming chip or debugging complex issues with older SOCs during bring-up and validation, requiring seamless collaboration across product, design, verification, and validation teams.

About the team
The SSG Silicon Development team is building 1P Multi-Core Processor SOCs with Machine Learning capability, high speed memories and multimedia functions consisting of several key IPs including Display, ISP, ML engine and Security for Devices & Services Org on advanced processor technology nodes. These custom SOCs have the overarching goal to bring power efficient best-in-class technical advancements at a competitive price point. The current team has over 4 plus years of experience building silicon along with the SW stack to use them.

Master's degree in EE or related field
10 years of experience in SoCs and/or silicon development
2 years of experience in the domain listed above
2 years of experience in RTL design, synthesis and timing closure
2 years of DFx (Design for cost, test, manufacturing)

PhD in Electronic Engineering or related field
Experience leading an SoC project as a lead architect from conception to launch and has experience in all aspects of SoC design, including front-end architecture development, RTL design and synthesis, RTL modeling and verification, power and performance, and manufacturing and qualification.
Experience designing SoC interconnects for high throughput media blocks
and CPUs
Experience with ARM and x86 ISA
Expertise in at least one of the following areas: video system architecture,
audio DSPs, low power WiFi and BT, graphics and display engines.
Familiarity with silicon manufacturing process, including silicon
qualification
Familiarity with embedded software development and debugging

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