SoC Integration Engineer (ARM Cortex)

Alpineo Consulting; Neuenburg; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpineo Consulting seeks a Digital Design Engineer specializing in ARM Cortex-based SoC integration to join a high-tech engineering team developing advanced embedded and electronic systems.

You will design, verify, and implement ARM Cortex-based SoCs, integrate IP blocks, and work with firmware and software teams to achieve timing, power, and performance goals across FPGA/ASIC platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital IC, FPGA, ASIC, or SoC design.
• Proven experience integrating and/or developing ARM Cortex-based SoCs.
• Experience with full hardware development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Autonomous and hands-on engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate ARM Cortex-based SoC architectures (Cortex-M, Cortex-R, Cortex-A).
• Integrate third-party and proprietary IP cores (e.g., DDR Controllers, DMA Engines, Ethernet Controllers, USB Controllers, SPI/I2C/UART).
• Define SoC interconnect architectures (AMBA AXI, AHB, APB).
• Design RTL code using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL and develop digital subsystems.
• Ensure timing closure and hardware performance objectives; support FPGA prototyping.
• Contribute to hardware architecture definition and system partitioning.
• Collaborate with firmware and software teams during integration phases.
• Contribute to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

ARM Cortex architectures

SoC integration

Digital IC design

FPGA/ASIC development

RTL design

Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

AMBA AXI/AHB

Embedded hardware architecture

Board bring-up & debugging

Timing closure

Cross-team collaboration

SystemVerilog

Job description

Alpineo Consulting seeks a Digital Design Engineer specializing in ARM Cortex-based SoC integration to join a high-tech engineering team developing advanced embedded and electronic systems.

You will design, verify, and implement ARM Cortex-based SoCs, integrate IP blocks, and work with firmware and software teams to achieve timing, power, and performance goals across FPGA/ASIC platforms.