Low-Power Wireless SoC Architect

Job description

This role does not offer any hybrid/remote work possibility.

The Low-Power Wireless SoC Architect owns the system and digital architecture of next-generation ultra-low-power wireless SoCs from product requirements through production. This is primarily a digital ASIC architecture role—not an RF architecture role—and requires strong understanding of embedded software, memory, security, test, analog/RF interfaces, and manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the digital SoC architecture: processor, interconnect, memory hierarchy, clock/reset, power domains and modes, peripherals, security, debug, test, and hardware/software partitioning
  • Translate product requirements into architecture specifications, interfaces, verification objectives, and measurable power, performance, area, cost, and risk budgets
  • Drive digital ASIC decisions covering IP selection and reuse, RTL architecture, low-power intent, CDC/RDC, DFT, implementation constraints, and design-for-verification
  • Align Digital Design, Verification, IC Integration, software, validation, test, memory, analog/RF, CAD/PDK, package, and manufacturing contributors
  • Lead architecture reviews and formal change control; support implementation, tape-out, silicon bring-up, qualification, yield improvement, and production issue resolution

Profile

Key Competencies

  • Systems thinking grounded in practical digital ASIC implementation
  • Quantitative management of power, performance, area, cost, and technical risk
  • Clear technical leadership across multicultural, multi-site teams without relying on direct authority
  • Strong architecture documentation, review, change-management, and structured problem-solving discipline
  • Fluent English required; French or German is a plus

Professional requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or a related field; Ph.D. preferred
  • Typically 12+ years in digital ASIC/SoC design, integration, or architecture, including substantial hands-on RTL design using SystemVerilog or Verilog
  • Proven ownership of a complex low-power SoC from architecture through tape-out, silicon bring-up, qualification, and production
  • Deep knowledge of low-power digital design: clock and power gating, retention, isolation, voltage domains, memory optimization, wake-up sequencing, always-on logic, and UPF-based power intent
  • Strong command of ASIC flows and trade-offs, including synthesis, static timing analysis, CDC/RDC, DFT, verification, physical-design constraints, and power/performance/area optimization
  • Experience with reusable platforms, external IP qualification, embedded NVM/SRAM/OTP, secure boot, hardware security, and hardware/software partitioning
  • Wireless-connectivity integration knowledge is required. Automotive-grade development, DFMEA/PFMEA, PPAP, formal change management, or medical-customer requirements are advantages

Languages

  • English proficiency
  • French would be a great asset