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# SOC Architect

- **Company:** SiFive Inc
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £254,340.0 - £310,860.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microarchitecture, Device Drivers, Firmware, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, Systems Architecture, System on a Chip, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815451260-soc-architect

## About the Role

* MS or PhD in Computer Science / Computer Architecture
 * 10+ years of experience in SoC architecture
 * 5+ years involved in the engineering team delivering hardware products
 * Experience in SoC design flow, including spec definition, microarchitecture design, and performance modeling
 * Knowledge of CPU architectures, power management and SoC design
 * Deep understanding of platform hardware, operating systems, device drivers and firmware interactions

## Description

SiFive, a leader in RISC-V CPU IPs, is looking for an experienced leader to help research and develop next-generation high-performance SoCs. The SoC architect will guide the team to develop system IPs such as IOMMU, interrupt controllers, memory controllers and a wide variety of IPs for datacenter and networking SoCs. The role also involves platform security and the development of groundbreaking new security features.

What you will do

Define features

 * Architect system IPs like IOMMU and system-level solutions.
 * Define platform security requirements and the architecture of the needed security features.
 * Collaborate with Product Management and Product Architect to define architecture and product specifications.
 * Design and carry out experiments to research and develop architecture and micro-architecture features.
 * Work with the design team to implement and deliver system IPs.

Interface with customers

 * Interact directly with customers to understand their needs, use cases, and to help resolve concerns.

Interface with RVIA

 * Participate in SIG/TG/HC activities related to system architecture.


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