Silicon Architecture - EDA Expert

Antegris; Italia; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Competitive pay

International team

Job summary

Antegris is a Swiss engineering company enabling AI-powered platform design for semiconductors. We are seeking an experienced SoC/system architect to guide product development and ensure our AI tool mirrors real design practices.

You will shape requirements, write specs, compare architectures, and help customers align on roadmap. This remote role emphasizes collaboration with international teams and industry-standard verification methods.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in the semiconductor industry, in SoC, system architecture or digital design roles.
• Hands-on experience across the design flow: requirements, specification, architecture, RTL, verification, FPGA prototyping and bring-up.
• Good knowledge of low-power or high-throughput SoC design (wearables, connectivity, automotive or similar).
• Familiarity with industry tools and methods: SystemVerilog/VHDL, UVM, formal and static verification, AMBA-based integration.
• The ability to describe clearly how engineers work and where AI could speed them up.
• Programming or modeling experience (Python, C/C++) is a strong plus.
• Professional working proficiency in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Decide what the product does, based on real chip design practice: requirements capture, specification writing, architecture exploration, IP selection, and PPA trade-offs.
• Turn your experience of the design flow into product requirements, use cases and user stories for our AI and software engineers.
• Check the tool's outputs (specs, architectures, models, RTL) against industry standards, and build benchmarks and reference test cases.
• Find gaps and practical problems, and set priorities for making the tool more useful to SoC teams.
• Work with prospective customers and design partners to gather feedback and shape the roadmap.
• Act as our in-house expert on SoC architecture, RTL, verification and FPGA prototyping.

Skills

SoC architecture

SystemVerilog

RTL design

FPGA prototyping

Python

English proficiency

Education

PhD or MSc in Electronics

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

Antegris is a Swiss engineering company based in Zurich. We build solutions and systems in semiconductors, robotics and AI, working with global leaders in semiconductor equipment manufacturing. We're now building an AI-powered platform that changes how chips are designed. We think the next big leap in semiconductors will come from better design methods, not just new process nodes.

We're looking for an experienced SoC or system architect to be the silicon voice of this product. You won't design a chip yourself. You'll make sure our AI tool works the way real architects and design teams actually work.

What you'll do

• Decide what the product does, based on real chip design practice: requirements capture, specification writing, architecture exploration, IP selection, and power/performance/area (PPA) trade-offs
• Turn your experience of the design flow into product requirements, use cases and user stories for our AI and software engineers
• Check the tool's outputs (specs, architectures, models, RTL) against industry standards, and build benchmarks and reference test cases
• Find gaps and practical problems, and set priorities for making the tool more useful to SoC teams
• Work with prospective customers and design partners to gather feedback and shape the roadmap
• Act as our in-house expert on SoC architecture, RTL, verification and FPGA prototyping

What you bring

• 5+ years in the semiconductor industry, in SoC, system architecture or digital design roles
• Hands-on experience across the design flow: requirements, specification, architecture, RTL, verification, FPGA prototyping and bring-up
• Good knowledge of low-power or high-throughput SoC design (wearables, connectivity, automotive or similar)
• Familiarity with industry tools and methods: SystemVerilog/VHDL, UVM, formal and static verification, AMBA-based integration
• The ability to describe clearly how engineers work and where AI could speed them up
• Programming or modeling experience (Python, C/C++) is a strong plus
• Professional working proficiency in English, written and spoken

Nice to have

• A PhD or MSc in Electronics, Computer Engineering or Physics
• Experience with EDA tools from the user's side, or an interest in AI and LLMs applied to engineering
• Experience in product, customer or marketing roles in a semiconductor company

What we offer

• A fully remote role in an international team
• The chance to shape a new product from the ground up
• Competitive pay and flexible working

Eligibility: We can only consider applicants who are EU nationals or Swiss citizens.