What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Architect position at Nuvoton Technology Corporation America?
About the Role
Nuvoton Technology Corporation America (NTCA) is seeking an experienced Principal Architect to lead the definition and evolution of next-generation SoC and ASIC architectures. This is a highly visible technical leadership role responsible for driving innovation across hardware and software platforms, enabling breakthrough products that deliver industry-leading performance, efficiency, and security.
As a Principal Architect, you will work cross-functionally with marketing, system architecture, design, verification, software, and physical design teams to define and deliver cutting-edge SoC solutions from concept through production.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the architecture roadmap for advanced SoC and ASIC products.
- Collaborate with product marketing and business development teams to identify customer requirements and emerging market opportunities.
- Lead hardware/software co-design efforts, defining efficient architectures and software frameworks to accelerate product development.
- Work closely with Design, Verification, Physical Design, Systems, and Software teams to implement new architectural features.
- Analyze system workloads and application performance, evaluating power, performance, and area (PPA) trade-offs to optimize system efficiency.
- Develop data-driven methodologies to evaluate and improve workload performance, including AI/ML applications such as LLMs, VLAs, computer vision, CNNs, and NLP.
- Drive architectural improvements into future silicon generations with measurable performance gains.
- Contribute expertise in one or more of the following domains:
- ARM and RISC-V CPU architectures
- NPU/AI accelerator subsystems
- AMBA-based interconnect architectures
- Memory and cache subsystems
- Platform security and Root-of-Trust technologies
- Author architecture specifications, programming guides, and technical documentation.
- Define comprehensive validation strategies and work closely with verification teams to ensure successful implementation.
- Drive invention disclosures and patent filings for innovative technologies.
- Support post-silicon bring-up, silicon debug, and customer enablement activities.
Qualifications
Required
- Master's degree with 10 years of industry experience, or Ph.D. with 5 years of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong experience in SoC integration, architecture development, and RTL design using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or SystemC.
- Proven track record of architecting and delivering complex SoC or ASIC products from concept to production.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through architecture definition, implementation, and validation.
- Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design principles.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, innovation, and technical leadership capabilities.
Preferred
- Experience with ARM and/or RISC-V CPU subsystem architecture.
- Knowledge of AI/ML accelerator architectures and NPU subsystems.
- Familiarity with memory hierarchies, cache architectures, and high-performance interconnects.
- Strong understanding of AMBA protocols and SoC connectivity fabrics.
- Experience with platform security technologies, including Root of Trust, OpenTitan, encryption technologies, and access control mechanisms.
- Experience in performance modeling, workload characterization, and system-level optimization.