Senior SoC Architect & AI Compute Lead

kepler; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 370,000; Full time

Job summary

Kepler seeks a highly experienced SoC Architecture Lead to own architecture across Kepler’s products, focusing on memory and AI workload optimization. You’ll collaborate with internal teams and customers to deliver silicon that improves compute per watt for AI.

Responsibilities include defining platform and IP architectures, validating KPI/PPA, and mentoring a team of architecture engineers while engaging customers in product reviews and system-level discussions.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of hands-on experience in SoC design, VLSI and systems architecture with multiple successful tapeouts.
• Deep expertise in SoC architecture, micro-architecture definition and high-level modeling.
• Strong experience with RTL, synthesis, timing and how they interact with physical design.
• Solid understanding of AI workloads, compute and memory access patterns and hardware implications.
• Experience with memory architecture and integration.
• Proven experience with high-performance, low-power VLSI methods.
• Solid knowledge of physical design, packaging and DFT/DFD principles.
• Experience with 3D innovations.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture definition for Kepler’s products: platform architecture, micro-architecture, IP selection and KPI/PPA validation.
• Define architectures that improve memory bandwidth, capacity and energy efficiency for AI workloads.
• Develop high-level architectural models to evaluate PPA targets and system throughput before RTL implementation.
• Define integration specs for IP and align design and physical design teams on interfaces and timing.
• Drive system-level integration with packaging and 3D innovation teams.
• Work with RTL, software, verification, physical design, packaging and DFX teams so architectural decisions are implementable.
• Engage with customers on product definition and system-level reviews.
• Build and maintain performance and power estimation models and system-level simulators.
• Set architecture best practices, review processes and documentation standards.
• Build, lead and mentor a team of architecture engineers.
• Represent the architecture team in customer, partner and executive reviews.

Skills

SoC architecture

SystemC/TLM

RTL flow

Synthesis

Leadership

Communication

3D integration

Modeling

Customer engagement

Perf modeling

Education

B.Tech/M.Tech/MS/PhD in EE, ECE, Computer Engineering or related field

Job description

Kepler seeks a highly experienced SoC Architecture Lead to own architecture across Kepler’s products, focusing on memory and AI workload optimization. You’ll collaborate with internal teams and customers to deliver silicon that improves compute per watt for AI.

Responsibilities include defining platform and IP architectures, validating KPI/PPA, and mentoring a team of architecture engineers while engaging customers in product reviews and system-level discussions.