Distinguished Technologist, ASIC Design Architect

Socket.dev; Centerville (MA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) seeks an experienced ASIC Design Architect to own hardware architecture from concept through tape-out. Lead microarchitecture, define requirements, and drive tradeoffs for performance, power, and area across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes strong system knowledge, leadership, and hands-on verification, with onsite work from an HPE office. Salary reflects seniority and market scope.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of ASIC design with progressive ownership of architecture.
• Strong system and microarchitecture experience guiding tape‑out-ready designs.
• Experience integrating high-speed SerDes/PHY and external memory controllers.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and ability to balance tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Define system and chip-level architecture from product requirements.
• Translate requirements into microarchitecture, interfaces and verification strategy.
• Architect datapaths, memory subsystems and I/O to meet PPA targets.
• Mentor teams and promote architecture best practices across groups.
• Present tradeoffs and roadmaps to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

ASIC design

System architecture

Microarchitecture

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

DDR/HBM integration

Job description

Distinguished Technologist, ASIC Design Architect

This role has been designed as 'Onsite' with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Distinguished Technologist, ASIC Design Architect

We are seeking an experienced ASIC Design Architect to own the hardware architecture, microarchitecture, and successful delivery of complex ASICs from concept through tape‑out and silicon bring‑up. The ideal candidate combines deep system and RTLexpertisewith both hands‑on technical experienceandcross‑functional leadership. This role will define requirements, partition function into silicon blocks, lead microarchitecture and implementation strategy, and drive tradeoffs for performance, power,areaand schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Define system and chip-level architecture based on product requirements (throughput, latency, features, power, area, cost).
• Translate system/network/software requirements into microarchitecture, block partitioning, interfaces, and verification strategy.
• Architect high-performancedatapaths, control planes, memory subsystems, and I/O (SerDes/PCIe/Ethernet/DDR/HBM) to meet PPA targets.
• Mentor and grow engineering teams; promote architecture best practices and cross-discipline communication.
• Balance technical decisions with schedule,riskand business priorities; present tradeoffs and roadmaps to stakeholders.

Must-have qualifications

• Bachelor's or master'sdegree in electrical engineering, ComputerEngineeringor related field
• 15+ years of ASIC design experience with progressive ownership of architecture/microarchitecture; proven record of tape‑out(s).
• Strongdatapathand system architecture skills: packet pipelines or equivalenthigh-throughputstreamingarchitectures, buffering,arbitrationand QoS/scheduling.
• Experience integrating high-speed SerDes/PHY, MAC/PCS, and external memory controllers (DDR/HBM) and familiarity with signal integrity/clocking issues.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills; ability to drive tradeoffs with product management, firmware, verification,PDand foundry teams.

Nice-to-have

• Prior experience indatacenterswitching/routing ASICs
• Patents or publications in ASIC architecture or networking silicon.

Behavioral & leadership expectations

• Able to set vision and translate it into deliverable milestones and measurable success criteria.
• Strong collaborator: leads cross‑functional teams, negotiates priorities, and escalates risks early.
• Mentorsengineers,conductsarchitecture and design reviews, and codifies architecture patterns and best practices.
• Results-oriented:deliversunderschedulepressure, balances technical excellence with pragmatic tradeoffs.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_07

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

United States of America: Annual Salary USD 183,000 - 365,000 in Massachusetts // 183,000 - 389,500 in California. The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.