Senior System Architect, Custom Silicon

MIPS Holding Inc; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 171,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Senior Principal System Architect to lead the definition, architecture, and technical strategy for complex semiconductor products. You will translate market requirements into scalable system architectures and align hardware, software, and validation teams across multiple programs.

You will drive architectural tradeoffs, develop performance models, and own system-level requirements management while mentoring senior engineers and interfacing with key customers and

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering complex semiconductor products from architecture through production.
• Strong experience in system architecture for ASICs, SoCs, MCUs, networking, automotive, aerospace, or data infrastructure products.
• Deep understanding of processor architectures, memory hierarchies, interconnect fabrics, security architectures, and system-level design methodologies.
• Experience developing architecture specifications and performance models.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system architecture development for complex semiconductor products from concept through production.
• Translate customer, market, and business requirements into complete system-level architectures and technical specifications.
• Define product partitioning across hardware, software, firmware, security, and system management functions.
• Collaborate with Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Design, Software, Product Engineering, and Validation teams to ensure architecture implementation success.
• Mentor architects and senior technical contributors across the organization.

Skills

System architecture

Hardware/software co-design

Requirements management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance modeling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Master's or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Senior Principal System Architect to lead the definition, architecture, and technical strategy for complex semiconductor products. You will translate market requirements into scalable system architectures and align hardware, software, and validation teams across multiple programs.

You will drive architectural tradeoffs, develop performance models, and own system-level requirements management while mentoring senior engineers and interfacing with key customers and