SOC-IP Architect

SOC-IP ARCHITECT

Reports to: Chief Hardware Architect (London, England Based)

Location (s): Cambridge England, United Kingdom (preferred)

Remote rest of Europe/Santa Clara, CA/ Bengaluru, India 

About the role:

We are seeking an SoC hardware architect to work on network-on-chip and/or cache-coherency IP specifications. This is an opportunity to play a key role in one of the industry’s most happening startups, shaping our technology portfolio, bringing expertise and creativity to our solutions

Responsibilities:

• Develop hardware architectures for Baya products
• Explore options and validate architectural choices, using different modelling techniques as appropriate
• Write specifications
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams to ensure accurate execution against architecture
• Collaborate with customer-support team to ensure detailed understanding of architecture
• Interact with lead customers to understand and meet their requirements

Qualifications and Preferred Skills:

• BS, MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years and current hands-on experience in SoC architecture or microarchitecture
• In-depth understanding of digital hardware for some or all of cache-coherency, NoC, D2D interfaces, or other system IP
• Experience of large SoC projects including system-level understanding of some or all of place-and-route, RAS, security, interface-IP, QoS
• In-depth understanding of AMBA and other standard on-chip interfaces
• Experience with modern programming/source-control/scripting eg Python/Git is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills