Sr. Principal SOC Architect
Core
Architecting end-to-end System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for hearables, wearables, and prosumer audio devices, balancing power, performance, and area (PPA) while integrating analog front-ends, digital compute, and security.
Role type
Sr. Principal SoC Architect (Consumer Audio)
Builds
Mixed-signal SoCs for portable and non-portable consumer audio products
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog & Mixed-Signal / Consumer Audio
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
SoC architecture, mixed-signal design (AFE, ADC/DAC, PLL), power architecture (PMIC, DVFS), digital microarchitecture (DSP/CPU/NN), sensor fusion, audio standards (BLE, LE Audio, codecs), hardware/software co-design, system modeling (MATLAB/Simulink, SystemC), security primitives
Preferred skills
3D IC/SiP/PoP partitioning, low-latency pipeline design, thermal management, cost optimization, mentoring senior engineers
Technologies
MATLAB/Simulink, SystemC, Python, BLE, LE Audio, I²S, TDM, PDM, SoundWire, LC3, AAC, SBC
Responsibilities
Define end-to-end SoC architecture from sensor to security; translate product requirements into architecture and roadmaps; select process nodes and partitioning strategies; set performance targets and validate via modeling; co-optimize packaging and grounding; architect compute for audio/ML workloads; define low-latency pipelines for ANC and voice; mentor senior engineers
Seniority
Sr. Principal, hands-on IC with technical leadership
