Senior SoC Design Lead

Nordic Semiconductor; Tampere; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with incentive plan

Medical insurance

Family-friendly policies and benefits

Job summary

Nordic Semiconductor in Finland seeks a high-impact SoC Design Lead to guide the architecture, integration and verification of next‑generation microcontrollers and wireless SoCs. You will own the design flow from spec to tape-out, manage schedules, risks and cross-functional interfaces with analog, software, physical design and product teams.

The role requires a strong leadership track record, deep RTL/SoC expertise, and hands-on experience delivering tape-outs.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

RTL design

SoC integration

Low-power design

Embedded subsystems

Memory systems

On-chip interfaces

Synthesis

Static timing analysis

DFT

Physical design

Leadership

English fluency

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Job description

Do you enjoy solving the toughest challenges and influencing technology at the highest level?

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.

• Competitive salary with short- and long-term incentive plan
• Medical insurance
• Family-friendly policies, insurances, and benefits
• Location: Oulu, Finland | Tampere, Finland

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