Sr. Director, SoC Architecture

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Ambiqmicroinc The Sr. Director of System Architecture leads the development of next-generation ultra-low-power AI-based SoC architectures. This role coordinates architecture development with marketing, advanced development, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Work with Ambiq’s Marketing, Advanced Development, architecture, and engineering teams to drive development of new ultra-low power AI System on Chip (SoC) architectures on Ambiq Micro’s technology and product roadmaps
Develop high-level specifications and drive power/performance modeling and analysis
Analyze low-power interconnect, memory and hardware accelerator technologies and applications to identify opportunities for extending Ambiq’s low-power leadership
Support the definition of Ambiq’s technology roadmap, including external and internal IP assessment, definition, and integration
Work with the engineering teams to transition the architecture specification into Ambiq Micro’s products
Work with systems, solutions, and software teams to ensure robust interfaces and support key product use cases
Support post-silicon analysis and efficient delivery of Ambiq products to customers for mass production
Architecture specifications, including flow diagrams/sequences, power/performance models and pseudocode
Customer interaction as needed to ensure alignment on key features and competitive product positioning
Microarchitecture specifications (as applicable) and support to enable software and hardware design
Support for use case and test case development
Integration specifications to support system interfaces and external power management requirements/interfaces

Qualification

BS in Electrical EngineeringMS or PhD (strongly preferred)

Required

Work with FPGA team to bringup critical SoC features
Work with software architecture to define flows, APIs and hardware abstraction layers
Work with physical design team to ensure robust/optimal implementation
Work with design team to debug issues using RTL and gate level simulation
Minimum of 15 years of microprocessor/microcontroller-based System on Chip or similar architecture and design experience targeting wearable/IoT and mobile products
Experience developing novel low-power architectures from idea to specification to design to post-silicon validation
Working knowledge of low-power modern mobile consumer electronic systems required
Experience in advanced process node technologies highly desirable
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science (must have)
MS or PhD (strongly preferred)
Individual contributor role but strong technical and team leadership experience is desired.
Must have experience creating architectural specifications for System-on-Chip or similar complex hardware devices