Hardware SOC Architect

Job Title: Hardware SOC Architect   (10+ years experience)

Primary Location: Hyderabad

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Hardware Architect with strong expertise in SOC-architecture, Micro-architecture design, RTL coding and system-level performance/power analysis.  
The ideal candidate will have a track record of owning complex blocks or subsystems from concept through silicon, balancing performance, power, and area (PPA), and working closely with software, asic-design, asic-verification, asic-physicaldesign teams. it requires deep architectural insight and hands-on implementation understanding to help guide design trade-offs and drive the next generation of AI inference accelerators.

Job Responsibility:

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Architecture & Micro-Architecture  

• Define product feature and capabilities and own the architecture for compute, memory, interconnect & high-speed interface subsystems in the AI inference chip.  
• Collaborate with software to co-optimize hardware features for AI workloads.  
• Collaborate with RTL designers to identify and complex technical issues/risks. Review and guide RTL implementation, ensuring consistency with architectural intent and timing/power goals  
• Collaborate with Physical-design teams for Area/Floorplan refinment, Timing targets etc.  
• Define and document interface specifications, control/status logic, and pipeline structures.  
• Lead PPA analysis and trade-off discussions across RTL and architecture.  

Modelling & Analysis  

• Develop and maintain high-level architecture and performance models.  
• Use simulation and architectural models to guide RTL-level improvements.  
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• Validate model predictions against RTL or emulation results and refine accordingly.  

Job Qualification:

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• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.  
• 10+ years of experience in SOC design, SOC architecture, RTL design, micro-architecture.  
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchies, SoC interconnects, and AI/ML compute architectures.  
• Proven experience optimizing for performance, power, and area.  
• Hands-on expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog, C/C++, and scripting (Python/Tcl/Perl)  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience with AI accelerators, DSPs, or high-performance CPUs/GPUs.  
• Familiarity with performance modeling frameworks (e.g., Python/C++ based).  
• Exposure to EDA tools, power/performance analysis, and hardware-software co-design.  
• Strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset.