SOC Architect / ASIC Architect RF Systems

SOC Architect / ASIC Architect RF Systems Overview

This is a senior semiconductor architecture role on a brand-new, cutting-edge project within an exciting scale-up environment. The position is based full-time in Scotland and offers a salary of around £100,000, along with a very strong additional package.

What you will do

• Take ownership of the high-level architecture for new chip designs and help shape the architecture of existing products.
• Define the overall process and design flow used across the chip development program.
• Guide RTL design activity for new chips, providing architectural direction and technical oversight.
• Contribute to the full lifecycle of chip delivery, from early concept and architecture through implementation and tape-out.
• Work across SOC design, integration, system design, and system architecture for complex semiconductor solutions.
• Support development in areas such as power management, PMIC, ultra-low-power design, and performance optimisation.
• Bring architectural expertise to advanced RF-related SOC and system-level work.

Experience and background needed

• A degree, master’s degree, or PhD in electronics, microelectronics, physics, or a similar subject area.
• Roughly 10 to 20 years of experience in full-chip design and delivery, ideally gained as a chip lead or SOC architect.
• Strong knowledge of digital and analog/mixed-signal design.
• Practical experience with ASIC and FPGA development, including Verilog, SystemVerilog, and VHDL.
• Experience with ADC and DAC interfaces and the interaction between digital and analog domains.
• Detailed understanding of complex tape-out processes and how they interface with fabrication plants.
• Broad experience across the full digital design flow, including RTL to GDS.
• Experience in SOC design, integration, system design, and system architecture.
• Relevant chip experience in areas such as power management, PMIC, ultra-low-power design, or performance optimisation.
• Full UK working rights are required, and the role is restricted to candidates who already have them.

Nice-to-have experience

• Work on complex cores, processors, or CPUs.
• Experience with network-on-chip interconnects.
• PLL and filter design experience.
• RF-SOC or RF system architecture experience.
• DSP and signal processing background.
• Experience with flash memory, DDR, HBM, or other high-bandwidth memory technologies.
• Knowledge of cache coherency.
• Understanding of clocking and timing constraints.

Additional details

This opportunity is being handled by Rob Hudson at IC Resources. Interested candidates are invited to contact him for more information and apply through the advertised application route.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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