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This role requires close collaboration with design, verification, firmware, software, safety, security, and system teams to deliver scalable, power-efficient, and reliable MCU products for industrial, automotive, and infrastructure applications.\nYour Job:\nDefine and own the architecture and technical specifications for MCU-based custom silicon products from concept through tape-out.\n\nLead architecture trade-off analysis across real-time performance, power, area, cost, safety, security, and scalability.\n\nDrive the definition of compute subsystems, memory hierarchy, DMA architecture, interrupt architecture, debug infrastructure, and peripheral integration.\n\nDefine clock, reset, and power architecture, including low-power modes, retention strategies, wake-up behavior, and power domain partitioning.\n\nCollaborate with firmware and software teams on hardware-software partitioning, boot flows, memory maps, register maps, and bring-up strategy.\n\nGuide integration of CPU cores, on-chip memories, interconnects, security IP, analog/mixed-signal peripherals, and system interfaces.\n\nSupport architecture validation, emulation, silicon bring-up, post-silicon debug, and derivative product planning.\n\nPresent technical concepts, architecture decisions, and risk assessments to internal teams, management, and external partners.\n\nOther Responsibilities:\nEnsure architecture compliance with functional safety and security requirements, including standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, secure boot, root-of-trust, and lifecycle management.\n\nRequired Qualifications:\nDeep experience in MCU, embedded SoC, or custom silicon architecture, including real-time and low-power design considerations.\n\nStrong expertise in processor subsystems, memory architecture, AMBA-style interconnects, DMA, interrupts, peripheral integration, and debug architecture.\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.\n\nStrong knowledge of clock/reset/power architecture, low-power design techniques, performance modeling, and architecture validation strategies.\n\nExperience working across hardware, firmware, verification, and software teams to define hardware-software interfaces and system behavior.\n\nThorough understanding of modern embedded interfaces and protocols such as AXI/AHB/APB, SPI, I2C, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN, and memory interfaces.\n\nExcellent problem-solving, debugging, and system-level thinking skills.\n\nStrong communication, technical writing, and project leadership skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n15+ years of experience in MCU, embedded SoC, or custom silicon development with a track record of leading architecture definition.\n\nMaster’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.\n\nExperience with ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V, or equivalent embedded processor architectures.\n\nDemonstrated expertise in functional safety, security architecture, and real-time embedded system design.\n\nExperience with analog and mixed-signal peripheral integration such as ADCs, DACs, PLLs, timers, and sensor interfaces.\n\nInvolvement in platform strategy, derivative product planning, third-party IP evaluation, and cross-functional technical reviews.\n\nGlobalFoundries is an equal opportunity employer, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce. 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