Senior SoC Architect (f/m/d)

Overview

Senior SoC Architect role driving the architecture of a Electronics-Photonics IC (EPIC) SoC. You translate MRD requirements into an implementable PRD spanning multiple subsystems, with ownership of digital and high-speed I/O architecture.

What you'll do

• Drive overall EPIC SoC technical leadership from concept through production and align cross-functional teams.
• Translate the Marketing Requirement Document (MRD) into a complete, consistent, implementable Product Requirement Document (PRD) across digital, analog, I/O, and memory subsystems.
• Own the digital subsystem architecture, including core logic, on-chip interconnect fabric, and partitioning.
• Own the high-speed I/O subsystem architecture, focusing on high-speed SerDes and protocol digital logic for UCIe, PCIe, and Ethernet.
• Integrate subsystem architectures from analog/RF, photonics, package electrical/SI, and memory into a coherent full-chip product architecture.
• Perform full-chip performance, power, and area (PPA) trade-off analysis and support full-chip validation/characterization.
• Present the integrated architecture and PRD to product management and engineering leadership and own through sign-off.

What you'll need

• 7–10 years of experience in SoC or product architecture roles with MRD-to-PRD ownership and at least one full architecture cycle.
• Hands-on expertise in high-speed I/O, especially high-speed SerDes and protocol digital logic for UCIe, PCIe, and Ethernet.
• Experience designing digital subsystem and on-chip interconnect fabric architecture and partitioning.
• Cross-domain integration skills to combine analog, photonic, packaging, and memory inputs into one internally consistent PRD.
• Experience translating marketing/product requirements into engineering-actionable architecture specifications and PPA trade-offs.
• Experience working with 3rd-party IP vendors (evaluating/selecting external IP and integration partners).
• Experience with architecture specification and requirements management tooling, including PRD/MRD tracing and protocol compliance documentation.

Details

• Location: Aachen, Germany.