SoC System Hardware Architect

Baidu USA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Baidu USA is seeking a SOC Silicon Architect to join their team in Sunnyvale, CA. This position requires providing technical leadership throughout Baidu's AI SoC development phases, focusing on specification and architecture definition.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in SoC architecture or IP design, a strong ability to develop architecture specifications, and excellent communication skills in English and Chinese. Join us to be part of an innovative team!

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in SoC Silicon architecture or IP design.
• Ability to develop detailed architecture and cost estimates from feature requirements.
• Familiar with partitioning solutions across hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership through all phases of SoC development.
• Define technical requirements and architecture specifications for chip development.
• Drive SoC performance evaluation and provide recommendations for technology selection.

Skills

SoC Silicon architecture

Technical leadership

Power/area targets

Excellent communication in English and Chinese

Education

BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

Description

We are looking for a world-class SOC Silicon Architect to join our SoC team at Baidu’s Sunnyvale office. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter who will thrive in this highly technical environment. Your job responsibilities as a SOC Silicon Architect will be to provide technical leadership through all phases of Baidu’s AI SoC development, but primarily focused on specification & architecture definition.

Work with Baidu’s AI SoC marketing and software architects to define technical Requirements & Architecture Specifications for chip development. Work with the SoC design team & program management to develop costing estimates, power/area targets, resource plans and schedules for the technical implementation.

Drive SoC performance evaluation and provide recommendations for technology, IP, and vendor selection. Support design and verification in pre and post silicon to ensure features to meet the architectural requirements.

Knowledgeable with storage, networking, or hardware protocols e.g., Ethernet, DDR, PCIe, I2C, SPI, USB buses and NoC. Experience with ARM CPU Cores and IP (Coherent Mesh, GIC, SMMU, etc.) selection, configuration, and integration. Familiarity with interconnects (NoC), coherency, virtual memory, memory controllers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in SoC Silicon architecture or IP design.
• Demonstrated ability to develop detailed architecture, performance, power and cost estimates from higher level feature, function and performance requirements.
• Familiar with methods for partitioning a solution across hardware and software, analog and digital or other multi-disciplinary boundaries in a system solution.
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to read and write detailed architectural specs.
• BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Chinese.

Culture Fit

• Mission alignment: If you want to be part of a team to accomplish this great mission, we will provide you the best possible platform to do that.
• Self-directed: We work best with people that are driven, motivated, and aspire to greatness.
• Hungry to learn: We are eager to see you learn new skills and grow.
• Team orientation: We work in small, fast-moving teams. We watch out for each other and go after big goals together as a team.