About the Role leadIC Design Pvt. Ltd. is looking for an experienced Lead SoC Architect to lead the architecture definition and technical direction for next-generation semiconductor products. This is a hands-on Individual Contributor (IC) leadership role requiring expertise in complex SoC architecture, performance modeling, subsystem integration, and cross-functional collaboration across hardware, firmware, software, and system teams.

The ideal candidate will have experience architecting scalable, high-performance compute platforms for AI, GPU, multimedia, networking, RISC-V, or datacenter-class SoCs. Responsibilities

Define top-level SoC architecture and subsystem partitioning for complex semiconductor products.

Drive architecture trade-off analysis across performance, power, area (PPA), bandwidth, latency, and scalability.

Develop system architecture specifications, interface definitions, and microarchitecture requirements.

Lead performance modeling, workload analysis, and bottleneck analysis using C/C++/SystemC or similar modeling environments.

Define memory hierarchy, NoC/interconnect strategy, cache structures, and coherency architecture.

Evaluate and integrate third-party IPs including CPU, GPU, NPU, PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet, multimedia, and security subsystems.

Collaborate with RTL, verification, physical design, firmware, software, and system teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Define architectural validation strategies and support silicon bring-up, debug, and post-silicon performance optimization.





Contribute to long-term technology and product roadmap planning while providing technical leadership across engineering teams. Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

10+ years of experience in SoC architecture, ASIC development, or complex semiconductor system design.

Strong understanding of modern SoC architectures and subsystem integration.

Experience with one or more of the following:

CPU, GPU, or NPU architectures

NoC/interconnect architectures

Cache coherency protocols (CHI/ACE/CXL)

High-speed interfaces (PCIe, UCIe, Ethernet)

Memory systems (DDR5, LPDDR5X, HBM)

Power and performance optimization

Solid knowledge of RTL design and verification methodologies.

Experience with architecture modeling and performance analysis tools.

Familiarity with firmware/software interaction in complex SoC systems.

Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred

Qualifications

Experience with AI accelerators, GPU, networking, RISC-V, or datacenter-class SoCs.

Experience with chiplet-based or multi-die architectures.

Familiarity with advanced process technologies and package integration.

Experience with FPGA prototyping, emulation, and system-level validation.

Knowledge of Linux drivers, runtime software, or system software architecture.

Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams while remaining a hands-on technical contributor.

📌 Principal SoC Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 leadIC Design
📍 Bengaluru