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SOC Architect, Reality Labs Silicon
$178K–$250K
Sunnyvale, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA
Austin, TX
San Diego, CA - Experience
- 8+ years in SoC architecture, microarchitecture definition, or system-level hardware design for consumer electronics or mobile/wearable platforms.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Defines and guides SoC architecture for AR and AI wearable chips, balancing performance, power, and size constraints.
What you'll do
- Drive SoC architecture and trade-off analysis across compute, memory, interconnect, and power subsystems.
- Collaborate with algorithms, firmware, software, vendors, and design teams to co-design and integrate SoC components.
- Develop architectural specifications and guide engineering teams while contributing to silicon roadmap planning.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience in SoC architecture, microarchitecture definition, or system-level hardware design for consumer electronics or mobile/wearable platforms.
- Experience architecting heterogeneous SoCs and expertise with high-speed I/O interfaces such as PCIe, USB, and LPDDR.
- Experience with memory subsystem architecture, hardware-software co-design, AR/VR or wearable silicon, AI/ML accelerators, advanced process nodes, system MMUs, and hardware security.
Pay
USD $178,000/year to $250,000/year base salary; bonus and equity amounts not stated
Tools
CPU, GPU, PCIe, USB, LPDDR, NoC, system MMUs, 5nm
AI focus
Architects AI/ML accelerator and memory subsystems for on-device inference in AI wearables.
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