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# Systems Architect (EK-64000475)

- **Company:** Cirrus Logic
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Codecs, Computer Engineering, Firmware, Digital Access Carrier System
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1e2f9f404d054321

## About the Role

* Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and proven experience designing mixed-signal ICs and some experience performing IC architectural decisions
 * Significant experience in architecting, specifying, and designing low-power, mixed-signal components for consumer, industrial, automotive or healthcare markets
 * Good knowledge of analog and mixed-signal IC design techniques (audio circuit design, codec architectures, low-power design techniques, silicon processes, transducers, etc.)
 * Broad system-level knowledge across the wider application space
 * Strong analytical and modeling skills
 * Excellent commercial awareness, * Innovative and creative problem solver
 * Self-motivated and driven, with the ability to manage own workload
 * Excellent attention to detail with a strong quality ethic

## Description

* Collaborate with tier one customers, marketing, design, software, and applications teams to define the next-generation solutions products for consumer, industrial and automotive electronics markets.
 * Detail system and performance requirements generation for IC and accompanying firmware features.
 * Determine hardware/software trade-off analysis for key features and requirements, defining the optimal system implementation.
 * Establish architecture definition for complex IC/SoC designs involving a range of power converters, including charge pumps and switching power converters, as well as class AB/D amplifiers, DACs/ADCs, MCUs, and DSPs.
 * Lead architecture reviews and participate in IC-level design reviews and board-level design reviews with design engineering, applications, validation and product test engineers.
 * Work with Design Engineering, Advanced Technology, and IP teams on novel solutions to satisfy product and customer needs.
 * Contribute significantly to business planning around the Analog and Mixed Signal technology function.
 * Communicate ideas and specifications to technical audiences (internal and external customers).
 * Be the technical voice of the customer back into the portfolio planning and product development processes.
 * Understand finer details of customer architectures, road-maps, and likely evolution of said architectures and work with Marketing to propose the best technical solutions to enhance Customer products.
 * Keep abreast of the competitive environment influencing the Customer.


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