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Technical Lead, IC Design

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $182,360–$273,200🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-07-30

Core

Define micro-architecture of datacenter and AI System-on-Chips (SoCs), including blocks, cores, accelerators, and subsystems.

Role type

Senior IC Technical Lead (SoC Micro-architecture)

Builds

World-class hardware SoCs for enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Design / SoC Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System Verilog RTL coding, SoC architecture design, micro-architecture of custom/ASIC products, RTL design, synthesis, static-timing closure, formal verification, gate-level simulations, block-level functional verification, high-speed design implementation

Preferred skills

Front-end design tools and methodologies, high-speed (>1 GHz) embedded processor SOC design, scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl, UNIX shell)

Technologies

System Verilog, AXI, HBM, Ethernet, PCIe, D2D, Python, Perl, Tcl, UNIX shell

Responsibilities

Define micro-architecture of SoCs including blocks, cores, accelerators, and subsystems; Develop and write micro-architectural specifications; Implement designs using RTL coding and low power techniques; Collaborate with backend team for synthesis, place and route, and timing signoff; Collaborate with verification team on pre-silicon verification tasks; Plan, scope, and time tasks with project manager; Work with post-silicon group to resolve lab issues and bring up silicon; Collaborate with software team to ensure customer use case requirements are met

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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