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What You'll Do
- Define and own the architecture and technical specifications for custom silicon products from concept through tape-out.
- Lead requirement gathering, trade-off analysis, partitioning, and high-level design, optimizing for performance, power, area, scalability, and cost.
- Guide the design and integration of major IP blocks, processing subsystems, memory and I/O, high-speed interfaces, and custom accelerators.
- Collaborate with stakeholders (systems, product management, software, and firmware) to align architectural vision and feature sets with market and product needs.
- Oversee architectural execution to ensure design aligns with specifications and architectural intent.
- Investigate, evaluate, and integrate third-party IP and develop strategies for architecture validation, bring-up, and post-silicon debug.
- Other Responsibilities: Ensure security, safety, and system-level design compliance in architecture, adhering to relevant standards (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508).
- Required Qualifications: Deep experience architecting custom silicon, ASIC, or SoC designs (digital/mixed-signal).
- Expertise in hardware system partitioning, IP integration, interconnect protocols, memory hierarchies, and clock/power domain management.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field Strong knowledge of top-down architecture flows, performance modeling, EDA tools, and verification strategies.
- Familiarity with multi-discipline integration, including analog, RF, and software/firmware/hardware interfaces.
- Thorough understanding of modern interface standards (AXI, PCIe, DDR/LpDDR, MIPI, USB, etc.).
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and system-level thinking skills.
- Strong communication, technical writing, and project leadership skills.
Nice to Have
- 10+ years of experience in custom silicon, ASIC, or SoC development with a track record of leading Architecture.
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field Demonstrated project leadership in multi-site or cross-disciplinary environments.
- Experience in domains such as Physical AI, automotive, networking, storage, security, or advanced compute.
- Involvement in strategic planning, IP/vendor evaluations, and cross-functional technical reviews.
- History of patents, publications, or industry engagement is a plus.
- We believe having a multicultural workplace enhances productivity, efficiency and innovation whilst our employees feel truly respected, valued and heard.As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities.
- All offers of employment with GlobalFoundries are conditioned upon the successful completion of background checks, medical screenings as applicable and subject to the respective local laws and regulations.
- Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/about-us/careers/opportunities-asia
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