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This is the technical \"owner\" of the chip's architecture from spec through tapeout, accountable for the coherence of the whole system even as dozens of teams work on the parts.\nKey Responsibilities\nKey Responsibilities\n Specification & Partitioning\nTranslate product/market requirements into a system architecture spec: block diagram, subsystem boundaries, interconnect topology (NoC/bus), memory hierarchy, and clock/power domain partitioning.\nDecide what is custom silicon vs. licensed IP vs. reused block from prior designs, and define interface contracts (protocols, timing, power sequencing) between partitions.\nOwn the SoC-level floorplan intent (macro placement zones, I/O planning, hierarchy of physical blocks) in partnership with physical design leads.\n Budgeting & Tradeoffs\nOwn top-down and bottom-up budget allocation for area, power (dynamic/leakage), timing (frequency targets per domain), and cost (die size, package, test time) across all blocks.\nRun and adjudicate tradeoff studies (e.g., performance vs. power vs. area, cache size vs. latency, IP reuse vs. custom design) and make/own the final call when teams disagree.\nMaintain the architecture \"ledger\" - a live tracking of budget vs. actual as blocks mature from RTL to layout to silicon, flagging overruns early and reallocating margin.\n Cross-Domain Tradeoff Ownership\nBalance competing needs from digital, analog/mixed-signal, DFT, verification, software/firmware, and packaging teams - SoC Architect is the tie-breaker when local optimization for one domain would hurt the system.\nOwn key architectural decisions: process node selection, IP sourcing strategy, memory/cache hierarchy, interconnect fabric choice, power domain/DVFS strategy, security architecture boundaries, and safety/reliability architecture (for automotive/industrial-grade parts).\nParticipate in DFM/DFT tradeoffs (test coverage vs. area/routing overhead) and yield-vs-performance tradeoffs with the Foundry Interface Lead and DFM teams.\n Program-Level Technical Leadership\nChair/lead architecture review boards; drive sign-off milestones (architecture freeze, microarchitecture freeze, floorplan freeze).\nOwn the risk register for architectural decisions and drive contingency/mitigation plans (e.g., fallback IP options, spin plans).\nServe as the primary technical escalation point when subsystem teams cannot resolve interface or budget conflicts among themselves.\nInterface with product management/marketing to communicate technical tradeoffs in business terms (cost, schedule, performance impact).\nDocumentation & Continuity\nOwn and maintain the architecture specification document set as the single source of truth through the program lifecycle.\nEnsure architectural decisions and their rationale are documented for post-silicon debug, next-gen derivative planning, and knowledge transfer.\nSkill Requirements\nRequired Qualifications\nM.S./Ph.D. in EE/CE or equivalent experience; 10+ years in SoC/ASIC design with progressively senior architecture roles.\nDemonstrated experience owning full-chip architecture for at least one shipped SoC (or major subsystem architecture on a large-scale SoC).\nStrong grasp of digital design, low-power design techniques, memory/interconnect architecture, and physical design constraints (so tradeoffs are grounded in implementation reality, not just theory).\nProven ability to make and defend high-stakes tradeoff decisions under schedule/cost pressure, and to communicate them across technical and business audiences.\nPreferred\nExperience across multiple process nodes and multiple end markets (mobile, automotive, data center, edge AI).\nBackground that spans both hardware and software/firmware architecture (useful for HW/SW co-design tradeoffs).\nExperience with formal system-level performance/power modeling tools (e.g., architectural simulators, power estimation frameworks).\nOther Requirements","description_format":"text","description_chars":4214,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams","Systems Integrators"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T15:20:16Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":99,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.993,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:4","wave","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hcltech-solution-architect-29","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hcltech-solution-architect-29.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T13:34:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20263,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":225},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=225"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhcltech-solution-architect-29"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhcltech-solution-architect-29"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhcltech-solution-architect-29"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hcltech-solution-architect-29\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhcltech-solution-architect-29"}]}