Principal Engineer SoC Design Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 27, 2026. GlobalFoundries scores B on the Alion truth index.
Principal SoC Design Lead
About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
Build the Next Generation of Advanced Sensor Platforms at GF
At MIPS by GF Custom Silicon Business, we are developing highly integrated Advanced Sensor Platform solutions that combine compute, signal processing, connectivity, security, safety, and software into differentiated semiconductor products for our customers.
Our teams span architecture, modeling, RTL development, verification, physical implementation, software, test, and product engineering. We bring together experts from multiple disciplines to solve challenging power, performance, area, safety, security, and cost optimization problems while delivering highly scalable and reusable platform solutions.
Introduction:
The Principal SoC Design Lead is responsible for the architecture, microarchitecture, integration, and delivery of complex SoCs for Smart Analog & Sensor products. This individual serves as the technical leader for one or more SoC programs, driving IP integration, subsystem development, RTL quality, and cross-functional execution from concept through silicon.
The role requires strong expertise in processor-based SoCs, subsystem architecture, RTL development, and SoC integration, combined with the ability to lead technical teams across multiple disciplines.
We are seeking seasoned SoC Design / RTL Lead who combines strong architectural vision with deep hands-on RTL experience. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in defining and delivering next-generation platform architectures that enable multiple customer products and future derivatives.
Join us and put your skills, insight, and passion to redefine what’s possible.
Key Responsibilities
As a SoC Design / RTL Lead, you will own or participate in the following:
Definition and ownership of SoC architecture spanning processing subsystems, memory hierarchy, NoC/interconnect, clocking, reset, interrupt and event infrastructure, interfaces, and peripherals.
Development of microarchitectural specifications from architectural exploration through implementation-ready design specifications
Ownership of system-level performance, power and area tradeoffs
Definition and integration of subsystem interfaces across compute, datapath, safety, security, software and peripheral domains
Technical leadership of RTL implementation teams and convergence of architecture into production-quality RTL
Collaboration with verification, DFT and physical design teams to achieve project objectives
Contribute to platform roadmaps and reusable SoC architectures
Review microarchitecture and RTL implementation of critical blocks.
Drive issue resolution across architecture, RTL, DV, DFT, and Physical Design teams.
Evaluate, select, and integrate internal and third-party IP and establish IP reuse methodologies
Drive closure of functionality, timing, power, and integration objectives.
Support post-silicon debug and root-cause analysis.
Mentor RTL and integration engineers.
Lead technical reviews and design signoffs.
Influence engineering methodology and best practices across the organization.
Key responsibilities
SoC Architecture & Planning
Define SoC and subsystem architectures aligned with product requirements.
Drive hardware partitioning across processors, accelerators, memories, and peripherals.
Lead architecture tradeoff analyses covering performance, power, area, safety, and scalability.
Contribute to platform roadmaps and reusable SoC architectures.
RTL & Integration Leadership
Lead development of complex RTL subsystems and top-level integration.
Define SoC integration methodologies and quality standards.
Review microarchitecture and RTL implementation of critical blocks.
Drive issue resolution across architecture, RTL, DV, DFT, and Physical Design teams.
IP Strategy
Evaluate, select, and integrate internal and third-party IP.
Establish IP reuse methodologies across multiple product generations.
Ensure robust SoC assembly and subsystem interoperability.
Silicon Execution
Lead execution from specification through tapeout and silicon bring-up.
Drive closure of functionality, timing, power, and integration objectives.
Support post-silicon debug and root-cause analysis.
Technical Leadership
Mentor RTL and integration engineers.
Lead technical reviews and design signoffs.
Influence engineering methodology and best practices across the organization.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum BS and 15+ years of relevant industry experience
Experience architecting and delivering complex SoCs
Experience with memory hierarchies, NoCs, bus architectures and system integration
Expertise in RTL development using Verilog or SystemVerilog
Experience with architecture-performance-power-area tradeoff analysis
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with automotive or safety-critical systems
Experience with multicore systems
Experience with security and functional safety architectures
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
Experience with advanced implementation and signoff flows
GlobalFoundries is an equal opportunity employer, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe having a multicultural workplace enhances productivity, efficiency and innovation whilst our employees feel truly respected, valued and heard.
As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities.
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