Lead SoC Architect (Fully Remote)

Nuvacore; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuvacore is building a new general-purpose CPU core for AI-era, data-center-scale workloads. Founded by veteran CPU and system architects from world-class companies and backed by Sequoia Capital, we seek a leader to own SoC architecture and drive interconnects and PCIe/CXL standards.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, clear specifications, and the ability to mentor teams as we bring up silicon for production-grade workloads in a fast-paced data-center environment.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in SoC/system architecture through production.

Responsibilities

• Own SoC architecture: fabric, memory, I/O, power, security.
• Architect coherent interconnect, DDR5/DDR6, SMMU, and chiplet partitioning.
• Drive specs, reviews, and silicon bring-up while mentoring teams.

Skills

SoC architecture

Coherency

Memory controllers

PCIe/CXL

IO virtualization

Leadership

Communication

Spec ownership

Job description

• New general-purpose CPU core for AI data-center workloads.
• Founded by veteran architects, backed by Sequoia; clean-sheet build.

The role:

• Own SoC architecture: fabric, memory, I/O, power, security.
• Architect coherent interconnect, DDR5/DDR6, SMMU, and chiplet partitioning.
• Drive specs, reviews, and silicon bring-up while mentoring teams.

What we're looking for:

• 20+ years in SoC/system architecture through production.
• Deep expertise in coherency, memory controllers, PCIe/CXL, and IO virtualization.
• Strong leadership, communication, and spec ownership.

Nuvacore is building a new general-purpose CPU core for AI-era, data-center-scale workloads. Founded by veteran CPU and system architects from world-class companies and backed by Sequoia Capital, we're a clean-sheet build with no legacy architecture to carry forward.