SoC Architect – Robotics & Physical AI

You will define the architecture of next-generation SoCs for physical AI systems and work across the full stack — from external interfaces and data flows to on-chip fabrics, memory systems, and compute partitioning. You will map real-time sensor processing, AI inference, and control loops onto silicon, make trade-offs between latency, bandwidth, and power, design and optimize on-chip fabrics and memory hierarchies, implement QoS and latency-sensitive traffic handling, and collaborate with software and AI teams to characterize workloads and drive system-level decisions. You will contribute to a clean-sheet architecture targeted at robotics and edge AI platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Define end-to-end SoC architecture for physical AI systems
  • Drive hardware-software co-design with AI systems and software teams
  • Architect dataflows and interconnects across compute, memory, and I/O
  • Design and optimize on-chip fabrics and interconnects
  • Design and optimize memory hierarchy and controllers
  • Implement QoS and latency-sensitive traffic handling
  • Balance performance power and real-time constraints across the system
  • Collaborate on workload characterization and system-level tradeoffs
  • Contribute to a clean-sheet architecture targeting next-generation robotics platforms

Requirements

  • Experience architecting or designing complex SoCs or system platforms
  • Strong understanding of system dataflows and bottlenecks
  • Strong understanding of memory systems and bandwidth management
  • Strong understanding of on-chip interconnects and fabrics
  • Familiarity with real-time and latency-sensitive systems
  • Solid grounding in hardware-software co-design principles
  • Awareness of low-power design tradeoffs
  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Bonus: Experience with robotics autonomous systems or edge AI platforms
  • Bonus: Exposure to AI/ML workloads or accelerators