Senior SoC Subsystem and I/O Architect - LPU
$184k - $357k • US, CA, Remote
Posted 1d ago
Job Location
US, CA, Remote
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Categories
Machine Learning Engineer
About the job
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior SoC Subsystem & I/O Architect to join its LPU team. This role is responsible for defining the high-level architecture for next-generation AI and high-performance computing products. The position requires deep expertise in SoC subsystems and uncore IPs, including interconnects, memory systems, coherency, boot processes, system initialization, protection mechanisms, reliability, power management, and debug interfaces. The architect will translate product requirements into detailed architectural specifications and collaborate closely with IP teams to develop build documents. This role involves building and utilizing models to validate architectural intent and subsystem behavior before RTL or silicon development.
Responsibilities
- Define high-level SoC subsystem architecture for LPU products.
- Convert LPU product requirements into architectural specifications for various subsystems.
- Collaborate with IP teams to develop detailed build documents for interconnects, memory controllers, and SoC infrastructure.
- Specify subsystem behavior including enumeration, configuration, memory operations, data consistency, interrupt handling, virtualization, and error management.
- Build or guide functional and architectural models using languages like C++, SystemC, or Python.
- Use models to validate architecture intent, subsystem behavior, and IP interactions.
- Drive tradeoffs across bandwidth, latency, power, area, timing, scalability, reliability, security, debuggability, and software usability.
- Review IP specifications, subsystem architecture documents, model behavior, and verification plans.
- Collaborate with architecture, IP, firmware, software, RTL, verification, platform, and post-silicon teams to ensure architecture decisions are implemented.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of proven experience in SoC architecture, subsystem architecture, IO architecture, interconnect architecture, GPU/CPU architecture, accelerator architecture, or high-performance systems.
- Strong understanding of SoC architecture and uncore subsystem development.
- Extensive understanding of IO and interconnect cores including PCIe, CXL, NVLink, NVLink-C2C, UCIe, AXI, CHI, or NoC fabrics.
- Experience translating product requirements into architecture requirements and IP/subsystem specifications.
- Experience crafting functional, architectural, or golden models from architecture specifications.
- Solid grasp of memory ordering, coherency, address translation, interrupts, virtualization, MMUs/IOMMUs, enumeration, configuration, and error management.
- Solid knowledge of boot, reset, firmware handoff, capability discovery, security, RAS, debug, and power-management architecture.
- Strong communication abilities and capability to harmonize architecture decisions across various teams.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salaries
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Eligibility for equity
- Eligibility for benefits