SoC System Hardware Architect

Baidu USA • Sunnyvale, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership through all phases of Baidu’s AI SoC development, 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 meet architectural requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees