Principal SoC Architect - Hardware

NVIDIA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

A leading tech company in Austin, Texas, is seeking a Principal Hardware SoC Architect to own the hardware architecture lifecycle for the Tegra team. This role involves driving collaboration between architecture, software, and hardware, along with developing architecture and requirements specifications. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience in SoC architecture and strong communication skills. The position offers a salary range of $272,000 to $431,250, equity, and benefits. Applications accepted until March 9, 2026.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of architecture, design and/or verification experience.
• Industry expertise in SoC architecture including clocks, resets, security and system performance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware architecture end-to-end lifecycle.
• Drive collaboration on architecture/software/hardware co-design.
• Review downstream specifications and verification plans.

Skills

SoC architecture definition

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor, Master or PhD in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

SystemC

C++

Job description

We are looking for a Principal Hardware SoC Architect for our Tegra team to help define the next generation SoC.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Hardware architecture end-to-end lifecycle ownership
• Drive Architecture/Software/Hardware co-design and collaboration on the feature set
• Perform performance, Power@Watt, performance / sq. mm modeling or analysis and track through design (where applicable)
• Architecture and requirements specification authoring, review, and SystemC model development (where applicable)
• Architectural validation plan and execution
• Review downstream specifications and verification plans in ASIC, software and/or platform to ensure requirements are followed
• Post‑Silicon production support with silicon debug and publishing of customer documentation
• Industry standards tracking & 3rd party IP technical evaluation
• Patenting novel parts of system architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor, Master or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 15+ years of architecture, design and/or verification experience
• Meaningful industry expertise in SoC architecture definition – Clocks, Resets, Automotive safety, Interconnects, Memory Controller, Boot, Virtualization, Power Management, Security, System Performance, I/O technologies (PCIe, camera interfaces, etc.), multimedia accelerator pipelines, CPU/GPU coherency, platform integration
• Comfortable communicating and solving issues at all levels of architecture definition from micro‑architecture to system level to software architecture
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Automotive Functional Safety expertise, working experience with ISO26262 standard.
• SystemC or C++ development skills, or relevant programming experience.
• Inventions in one or more domains relevant to SoC architecture.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted until March 9, 2026.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.