Senior SoC Design Lead

Nordic Semi; Oulu, Tampere; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with short- andlong

Flexible working hours

Medical insurance

Family-friendly policies, insurances,,

Job summary

Nordic Semi in Oulu, Finland seeks a senior SoC design leader to guide architecture, verification, and production readiness for next-generation microcontrollers and wireless SoCs. You will manage the digital design team across RTL, timing, power, and integration, coordinating with analog, software, and product groups while ensuring schedule, quality and performance goals.

The role combines deep technical leadership with strategic impact, requiring proven experience in tape-out projects and

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in electrical or microelectronics engineering.
• Extensive hands-on SoC design experience including tape-out.
• Proven leadership of technical teams with strong planning and delivery.
• fluent English and excellent communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the SoC design team, including planning, mentoring and performance follow-up.
• Own SoC-level architecture and microarchitecture decisions with system architects.
• Drive the design flow from specification through integration, synthesis and sign-off.
• Plan and track the SoC project schedule, deliverables and risks.
• Define integration and verification strategy across top-level, gate-level and low-power.
• Coordinate interfaces to analog, RF, memory, IP, and to physical design and software teams.
• Support silicon bring-up, debug and root-cause analysis.
• Improve design methodologies, flows, reuse and quality practices.

Skills

Leadership experience

Project planning

Communication skills

Fluent English

SoC design leadership

RTL design (Verilog)

Education

Master's or PhD in electrical engineering / microelectronics

Tools

Synthesis tools

Timing analysis tools

Physical design handoff tools

Job description

About the job

In this role you will lead the team that takes Nordic's next-generation microcontroller and wireless SoCs from architecture and specification to tape‑out and production. You own SoC-level design and integration, set the technical direction for the digital design team, and stay accountable for schedule, quality, power and performance. You work with architecture, analog, software, verification, physical design and product teams, and you are a technical and people leader in the group. This is a unique opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with strategic impact while working with some of the industry's most experienced engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and grow the SoC design team, including planning, task allocation, mentoring and performance follow‑up.

• Own SoC‑level architecture and microarchitecture decisions together with the system architects, balancing performance, power, area, cost and time to market.

• Drive the SoC design flow from specification and RTL through integration, synthesis, timing closure, DFT and sign‑off.

• Plan and track the SoC project schedule, deliverables and risks, and report status to stakeholders and management.

• Define SoC integration and verification strategy with the verification team, including top‑level, gate‑level and low‑power verification.

• Coordinate the interfaces to analog, RF, memory and third‑party IP, and to physical design, test and software teams.

• Support silicon bring‑up, debug and characterization, and drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Improve design methodologies, flows, reuse and quality practices across the group.

• Document design decisions, assumptions, results and risks for technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Kye qualifications and personal skills

• A master's or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, microelectronics or a related field.

• Extensive and hands‑on experience with digital or SoC design, including several SoCs taken to tape‑out and production.

• Proven experience leading technical teams or large design projects, with strong planning and delivery skills.

• Strong command of RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog), SoC integration, clock and reset architecture, and low‑power design methods.

• Solid understanding of embedded processor subsystems, bus fabrics, memory systems and on‑chip interfaces.

• Experience with synthesis, static timing analysis, DFT and physical design handoff, and with verification methodology.

• Experience from silicon bring‑up, debug and root‑cause analysis.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, and fluent English.

• The ideal candidate combines technical depth with leadership, takes ownership of results, works well across disciplines, and has real enthusiasm for building SoCs.

Working for Nordic

Working at Nordic, you will be inspired and supported to develop yourself. Our teams enjoy a professional and informal working environment. We value and encourage the continuous development of skills and expertise to the highest levels. We are proud of our Norwegian heritage, our highly skilled international workforce, and our world‑leading innovation.

We offer a variety of tasks and projects, and the possibility to work alongside some of the world’s most renowned experts within their field. We encourage our employees to question the established and innovate while expecting professionalism, commitment, and the will to learn.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with short- and long-term incentive plan

• Flexible working hours

• Medical insurance

• Family-friendly policies, insurances, and benefits

Practical details

• Location: Oulu, Finland | Tampere, Finland

Please note that this position might be subject to a background check.