Senior Modem SoC RTL Architect & Tech Lead

Blue Origin; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 377,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Stock options

Paid time off

401(k) match

Job summary

Blue Origin in California is seeking a Principal Modem SOC Design Engineer to lead RTL design for the satellite modem SOC and its subsystems, from microarchitecture to production silicon. You will partner across architecture, software, performance modeling, and FPGA prototyping teams to ensure robust, scalable designs.

You will drive integration of the modem PHY, Arm compute subsystem, AXI interconnect, and IO infrastructure, with a focus on timing, validation, and debugging using CoreSight

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in digital ASIC or SOC RTL design.
• Experience defining microarchitecture for modem or communication SOC blocks from system specifications.
• Experience with Arm compute subsystem design, including AXI interconnect and SRAM controllers.
• Experience with LPDDR4, LPDDR5, LPDDR6, or other high-speed memory interfaces.
• Experience with high-speed Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
• Experience with SOC-level integration, including bus fabric, clock, and reset architecture.
• Experience with debug subsystem design using Arm CoreSight components.
• Experience with synthesis, timing constraint development, and timing closure.

Responsibilities

• Lead RTL design in Verilog or System Verilog for the modem SOC and its subsystems
• Define microarchitecture based on satellite communication system specifications and performance requirements
• Develop Arm compute subsystem logic, including AXI interconnect and SRAM controller integration
• Integrate debug subsystem components using Arm CoreSight architecture and associated trace infrastructure
• Drive subsystem and SOC-level integration, including clock, reset, and general-purpose IO (GPIO) subsystems
• Serve as the technical interface to the system architecture, SOC architecture, and software architecture teams
• Collaborate with performance modeling and FPGA prototyping teams on design decisions and validation

Skills

RTL design

Modem SOC

SystemVerilog

Arm compute

Synthesis & timing

Debugging with CoreSight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Arm CoreSight

AXI interconnect

SRAM controller

Clock/reset architecture

Job description

Blue Origin in California is seeking a Principal Modem SOC Design Engineer to lead RTL design for the satellite modem SOC and its subsystems, from microarchitecture to production silicon. You will partner across architecture, software, performance modeling, and FPGA prototyping teams to ensure robust, scalable designs.

You will drive integration of the modem PHY, Arm compute subsystem, AXI interconnect, and IO infrastructure, with a focus on timing, validation, and debugging using CoreSight