SoC Architect

JI180221/01

Sondrel is looking for a talented SoC Architect holding in the region of 10 years experience to join our team.

You will have a thorough understanding of high level product concepts from our customers and take ownership in converting these to concept architecture from which a commercial proposal can be derived. When required, you will also develop a full Architecture Specification and perform the role of design authority until the development process is validated and signed-off.

Responsibilities:

• Provide sales support as part of a customer facing team, to elaborate a customer’s design concept into a commercial IC design service proposal.
• Refining SoC market requirements and developing the SoC architecture specifications, implementation specification, power estimate, security architecture, performance specification, area estimate and silicon floorplan
• The SoC architecture document and implementation specification will cover key IP, clock, reset, bus fabric, and IO/pad-ring specification and configuration
• Involvement in the complete SoC development cycle from initial concepts to overseeing final silicon validation, acting as design authority for the project.
• Technical interface to 3^rd party IP providers. Working with IP providers to monitor road-map specification and implementation / deliveries
• Communicate with, influence and support design, verification, physical design, silicon validation, production test and product engineering
• Applying judgment in interpreting results and conducting quantitative analysis
• Coaching junior designers and support them in all the domains of a design activities including but not limited to coding, rules and clock-crossing domain checking, debug, synthesis, DFT, links to back-end (floor planning)

Leadership and Engagement:

• Excellent communication skills with team members, management and to engage professionally and directly with customers
• Work as a team across global locations, supporting and mentoring others to achieve the best outcome

Skills and Attributes:

• Typically 10 years experience
• Skill set in System Design, SoC Implementation and Verification, Performance analysis
• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate and solve issues
• Experience in developing and presenting white papers
• Interface IP experience
• IP design experience
• SoC Architecture understanding

Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant subject is essential for this position
• A masters or PhD in a related subject with practical experience is desired but not essential

Remuneration / Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary annual company bonus
  
• Flexible working
  
• 25 days paid annual holiday
  
• Company pension scheme
  
• Opportunity to travel both domestically and internationally
  
• Opportunity for career progression