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CARIAD - Principal SoC Architect - Sr
Artech LLC
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- Staff / Principal
- 5 hours ago
- $130 – $160 / hour
- Verilog
- SoCs
- QoS
- I2C
- SPI
- C++
- PCIe
- AI
5 hours ago
The Principal SoC Architect Sr will work with Design and Verification leads on feature scoping, trade-off analysis and design implementation phasing plans, Verification recommendations, Design and Verification plan reviews. They will interface with Physical Design during timing clocking reviews and convergence issues, Power-Performance, and post-Silicon Validation team during Power-ON and perform performance/watt modeling, estimate gate count, power using SystemC, Simics, NOC studio, Platform Architect, other tools
Skills
• Excellent strategic thinking, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Must have outstanding SoC and system architecture fundamentals. Specification ownership/authoring for the High-level architecture spec or key SoC features, architecting new blocks and capabilities.
• Good understanding of power and performance tradeoffs, transient and steady-state performance states, idle and dynamic power states, as well as how SoC data and control flows interact.
• Deep understanding of ASIC design flow including RTL design, verification with System-Verilog, logic synthesis, place and route, timing closure, etc.
• Knowledge of packet processing pipelines
• Knowledge of modern networking protocols
• Experience with heterogeneous SoCs and NoC interconnects
• Knowledge of Memory systems (DDR, caches, coherency) and system-level QOS
• Solid understanding of electrical and thermal considerations at the chip, package and system levels.
• Good understanding of hardware-software interfaces.
(desired)
• Proven track record as lead architect on several production tape-outs.
• Experience with automotive-qualified designs.
• Knowledge of ML/AI Accelerators
• Experience with MCU devices
• Expertise in ARM platform architecture specifications like SBSA, SBMR and SBSG
• Experience in video decoding
• Knowledge of major SoC interfaces and related protocols: - Ethernet, CSI-2/3, chip-to-chip communication, sensor fusion solutions, I2C, SPI, DDR, NOR, NAND, EMMC, NVMe etc....
• Experience of secure boot, crypto
• Automotive Functional Safety expertise, working experience with ISO26262 standard.
• System C or C++ development skills, or relevant programming experience.
Role Responsibilities
SoC Architecture – (80%)
• Leads to define top level architecture of next generation autonomous car SoC for CARIAD
• Leads to develop formal requirements for key silicon components, IP block requirements, packaging options, etc. required for supplier qualification and selection process
• Leads to develop formal Silicon Architecture and Behavior Specification including System-on-Chip (SoC) functional requirements, IP block requirements, partitioning, development plan and silicon verification platform design.
• Leads to develop ASIC Product Description Document detailing use cases and features
• Collaborates with physical design and logic design engineers to create chip and block level functional and micro-architecture specifications that will be used by ASIC, hardware and software developers.
• Manages various IP vendors for IP. Business/Licensing negotiation with IP Vendors (PCIe, Codecs, ISP, NoC, AI Accelerators etc.).
• Supports SoC package design for design constraints (Physical, Space and Electrical), optimize design based on design review and SI/PI simulation result.
• Supports in developing die floor plan, bump map, perform fan-out study and mockup design
• Leads in developing RTL design architecture and specification.
• Leads SoC development platform considering Functional Safety requirements
• Supports engineering verification and validation test plans at the unit, IP, integration, and SOC full chip levels
• Supports Post-silicon validation bring up and production ramp.
Operational Management - (20%)
• Manages Semiconductor suppliers evaluation initiatives and qualification processes.
• Locates, acquires, and retains extraordinary talent for the ramp-up phase of the Engineering Team and for future growth.
• Supports to build up Center of Excellence for SoC development and semiconductor suppliers evaluation
• Monitor compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, Board Directives, process standards (including in respect of Golden Rules and Product Compliance), procedural/operating instructions and occupational safety regulations using appropriate management controls (dual-control principle).
• Assure the qualification of employees for the defined tasks
• Identify and mitigate project technology risks and execution risks
Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or related field
CARIAD - Principal SoC Architect - Sr · Artech LLC