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For more information, visit www.gf.com.\nIntroduction\nWe are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Senior Principal System Architect to lead the definition, architecture, and technical strategy of complex semiconductor products spanning ASICs, SoCs, MCUs, networking, automotive, aerospace, and infrastructure markets. This role is responsible for translating customer and market requirements into scalable system architectures and driving technical alignment across hardware, software, silicon design, verification, validation, and product engineering teams.\nThe ideal candidate combines deep system-level expertise, strong technical leadership, and proven experience delivering successful semiconductor products from concept through production.\nYour Job\nLead end-to-end system architecture development for complex semiconductor products from concept through production.\n\nTranslate customer, market, and business requirements into complete system-level architectures and technical specifications.\n\nDefine product partitioning across hardware, software, firmware, security, and system management functions.\n\nDevelop architecture specifications including performance, power, area, cost, reliability, safety, and scalability requirements.\n\nDrive processor, memory, interconnect, security, networking, storage, and peripheral subsystem architecture decisions.\n\nLead architecture tradeoff studies and recommend optimal solutions balancing performance, power, cost, schedule, and risk.\n\nDefine system use cases, workloads, operating modes, performance models, and validation criteria.\n\nOwn system-level requirements management, traceability, and architecture documentation.\n\nCollaborate with customers, business teams, and engineering organizations to align product capabilities with market needs.\n\nDrive IP strategy including internal IP reuse, third-party IP evaluation, selection, integration, and roadmap alignment.\n\nDevelop performance, power, bandwidth, latency, and capacity models to guide architecture decisions.\n\nPartner with Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Design, Software, Product Engineering, and Validation teams to ensure architecture implementation success.\n\nLead technical reviews and architecture signoffs throughout the product lifecycle.\n\nDrive risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical decision-making across multiple programs.\n\nMentor architects and senior technical contributors across the organization.\n\nAct as the primary technical interface for key customers, partners, and executive stakeholders on architecture-related topics.\n\nOther Responsibilities\nPerform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements.\n\nFoster innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the architecture organization.\n\nContribute to long-term technology roadmaps and strategic planning activities.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nProven track record defining and delivering complex semiconductor products from architecture through production.\n\nStrong experience in system architecture for ASICs, SoCs, MCUs, networking, automotive, aerospace, or data infrastructure products.\n\nDeep understanding of processor architectures, memory hierarchies, interconnect fabrics, security architectures, and system-level design methodologies.\n\nExperience developing architecture specifications, requirements management frameworks, and performance models.\n\nStrong knowledge of hardware/software co-design methodologies.\n\nExperience working across Architecture, RTL Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Design, Software, Validation, and Product Engineering organizations.\n\nAbility to perform complex system tradeoff analysis involving power, performance, area, cost, reliability, and schedule considerations.\n\nStrong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.\n\nDemonstrated leadership of large cross-functional engineering teams.\n\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\n\n18+ years of experience architecting networking, automotive, industrial, aerospace, AI/ML, security, or embedded computing products.\n\nDeep expertise in one or more domains including processor architecture, memory systems, networking protocols, security architecture, embedded systems, or functional safety.\n\nExperience with third-party IP ecosystems, standards bodies, and industry specifications.\n\nExperience defining hardware/software platforms and reference architectures.\n\nFamiliarity with functional safety, cybersecurity, and reliability requirements for mission-critical applications.\n\nProven history of first-pass silicon success and successful product deployment.\n\nExperience working across global engineering organizations including the US and India.\n\nAn offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.\nGlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural 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GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.\nAll policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law\nExpected Salary Range\n$171,000.00 - $296,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.\nIf you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at  let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.\nAn offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.\nGlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. 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