Globalfoundries

Principal System SoC Architect

USA - Texas - Richardson · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$153k-$265kDetected 4 days ago

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About the role

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world's most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries make possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and
give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Responsibilities

Ensure security, safety, reliability, manufacturability, package, and system-level design compliance in architecture, adhering to relevant standards and customer requirements.
This role requires translating customer requirements into clear system-level requirements and architectural specifications while collaborating across design, verification, hardware, firmware, software, package, and product teams to deliver high-performance, innovative, and reliable custom silicon products.
Define and own system-level architecture and technical specifications for custom silicon products from customer requirements through concept, implementation, and tape-out.
Drive system-level interface definition and package requirements, including signal, power, thermal, mechanical, pinout, and integration considerations.
Lead requirement gathering, trade-off analysis, system partitioning, and high-level design, optimizing for performance, power, area, scalability, cost, manufacturability, and package constraints.
Guide the design and integration of major IP blocks, processing subsystems, memory and I/O, high-speed interfaces, custom accelerators, and system-level interconnects.
Oversee architectural execution to ensure design implementation aligns with system requirements, specifications, and architectural intent.
Investigate, evaluate, and integrate third-party IP and develop strategies for architecture validation, bring-up, and post-silicon debug.
Present technical concepts, requirements trade-offs, architecture decisions, and progress to internal teams, management, customers, and external partners.

Requirements

Deep experience architecting custom silicon, ASIC, SoC, or system-level silicon solutions from customer requirements through architecture definition and execution.
Expertise in hardware system partitioning, IP integration, interconnect protocols, memory hierarchies, and clock/power domain management.
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
Strong knowledge of top-down architecture flows, performance modeling, EDA tools, verification strategies, and system validation planning.
Familiarity with multi-discipline integration, including analog, RF, package, board, software, firmware, and hardware interfaces.
Experience defining package-related requirements, including pinout, power delivery, thermal, mechanical, signal integrity, and integration constraints.

Nice to have

15+ years of experience in custom silicon, ASIC, SoC, or system architecture development with a track record of leading architecture definition and execution.
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
Demonstrated project leadership in customer-facing, multi-site, or cross-disciplinary environments.
Experience in domains such as Physical AI, automotive, networking, storage, security, advanced compute, or other complex system-level silicon applications.
Involvement in strategic planning, IP/vendor evaluations, package architecture trade-offs, and cross-functional technical reviews.
History of patents, publications, standards participation, or industry engagement is a plus.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential.

Skills

For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Compensation

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, e

Benefits

Collaborate with stakeholders across systems, product management, customers, software, firmware, package, and hardware teams to align architectural vision and feature sets with product and market needs.

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