Working for a leader in the Semi's industry, I am looking to recruit a high-level, Senior SOC Architect.
This position can be based in Edinburgh or Cork.
You will be tasked with the definition and development of existing and new SOC product architecture - across a variety of complex digital and high-speed products and applications.
The main focus are the technical requirements, but this position also offers the opportunity for team leadership and management.
Key skills / requirements:
1. BSc / MSc / PhD in Micro-electronics, physics, or similar filed
2. 10+ years' experience in complex SOCs
3. Deep understanding of Subsystems, Memory Controllers, and memory architectures (e.g., SRAM, ROM, eFuse)
4. Extensive experience with the Digital ASIC Flow, RTL design (verilog), synthesis, timing closure and Debug methodologies (e.g., DFT, JTAG, Scan, BIST).
5. Extensive knowledge of SOC architecture, set-up / silicon bring-up, validation and all it's associated processes.
6. SOC design, system design, architecture and IP selection & integration
7. DSP / signal processing / communication and interconnect protocols - AXI, AMBA, CHI
8. Digital-AMS chip development - digital to analog interfaces
9. low-power, performance and optimisation
10. low level software, firmware and embedded requirements - drivers, controllers etc.
11. Confident knowledge of a variety of coding languages - C, C++, system C, TcL, python
12. Excellent communications, and ability to work across software and hardware teams Nice to have skills
13. Team leadership / management
14. SOC performance & modelling - C, C++, system C
15. UVM verification - at IP & SOC level - system verilog
16. FPGA architecture
17. Simulation, emulation Visa sponsorship and relocation support can be offer for the right candidate