Lead Architect — AI-Driven Secure SoCs

CyberCoders; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO equity

Healthcare premiums covered (employee+

family) – medical/dental/vision

401k

PTO

Vacation

Job summary

CyberCoders is seeking a high-visibility Senior Hardware Architect to lead system architecture for secure, AI-driven SoCs used in data centers. You will own specifications, define hardware/software boundaries, and engage directly with enterprise customers and partners on architectural decisions.

You will collaborate with firmware teams on OpenBMC and Linux interfaces, while guiding engineers on signal integrity, power delivery, and security frameworks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of system architecture across SoC, board hardware, and firmware.
• Proven production-grade silicon or server platform delivery.
• Deep SoC knowledge: PCIe, Ethernet, DRAM, USB.
• Hands-on board-level experience: schematic capture, lab bring-up, testing.
• Strong written and verbal communication with enterprise customers and execs.
• Nice to have: OCP DC-SCM/DC-SCI, hardware security, OpenBMC, NVMe-MI/LTPI, OCP involvement.

Responsibilities

• Own and author system architecture specs and platform requirements.
• Define hardware/software boundaries and interfaces for secure, AI-driven SoCs.
• Serve as primary technical contact for customers and partners.
• Present architecture roadmaps and whitepapers to standards groups.
• Guide SI/PI engineers on signal integrity, power delivery, and thermal constraints.
• Specify secure boot, RoT, and Platform Firmware Resiliency architectures.
• Collaborate with firmware on OpenBMC, Linux interfaces, drivers, and protocols.

Skills

System architecture

SoC design

Board-level hardware

Low-level firmware

Production-grade silicon

Interconnects PCIe/Ethernet/DRAM/USB

Lab bring-up & test

Oscilloscopes & logic analyzers

Technical communication

Open Compute Project (OCP) exposure

Hardware security background

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

Python scripting

Bash scripting

OpenBMC familiarity

NVMe-MI/LTPI knowledge

Job description

CyberCoders is seeking a high-visibility Senior Hardware Architect to lead system architecture for secure, AI-driven SoCs used in data centers. You will own specifications, define hardware/software boundaries, and engage directly with enterprise customers and partners on architectural decisions.

You will collaborate with firmware teams on OpenBMC and Linux interfaces, while guiding engineers on signal integrity, power delivery, and security frameworks.