SOC System Architect

6 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development • $194,000 PA - $410,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a SOC System Architect at ByteDance, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture of mixed reality (MR) products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and drive SOC requirements, including interface specifications, customized IP integration, memory bandwidth, and power optimization. You'll define external interfaces, interconnect protocols, and topologies for emerging MR technologies, ensuring seamless integration within system constraints. You'll also perform power and performance analysis, evaluating implementation trade-offs to achieve optimal performance while staying within budget. This role demands a strong understanding of advanced process nodes, low power digital circuit design, and validation methodologies. Your contributions will directly impact the success of ByteDance's innovative MR products, ensuring they deliver exceptional user experiences.
Must have:
  • MS in EE/CS or equivalent
  • 5+ years in SoC architecture design
  • Advanced process nodes, low power design
  • Excellent communication and written skills
  • Open-minded and enthusiastic about new technologies
Good to have:
  • Experience in evaluating architecture trade-offs
  • Knowledge of external interface, memory systems
  • Experience in image, display or AI acceleration subsystems
  • Experience with FPGA programming and prototyping
Perks:
  • 100% medical insurance coverage
  • Dental, vision, disability, life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • 10 paid holidays, 17 days PTO, 10 sick days
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave, 8 weeks paid disability
  • Mental and emotional health benefits
  • 401K company match
  • Gym and cellphone reimbursements

Job Details

Responsibilities
About ByteDance Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok and Helo as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. --- Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. --- About Pico Parts of this role will require supporting across ByteDance, as well as TikTok. ByteDance is TikTok's parent company, whose mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. --- About the team Founded in April 2015, Pico is a leading VR company with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on VR all-in-one technology. Pico is committed to offering immersive and interactive VR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. --- Responsibilities -Collaborate with cross functional teams to define/drive SOC requirement including but not limited to interface, customized -IP, memory bandwidth, and power requirement for MR products. -Define external interface, interconnect protocols and topologies for emerging MR technologies and system constrains -Define SOC data and control flow, power states given specified system feature, functions and usage scenarios -Define Hardware-software partitioning and drive efficient system/hardware/software architecture co-optimization to meet product requirement -Perform power and performance analysis, access implementation trade-off for a SOC design and explore novel and efficient approaches aligned with product requirement -Drive silicon design team/vendors to ensure the delivery of SOC requirements
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications -MS or above in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent fields. -5 years of experience in SoC architecture design. -Familiar with advanced process nodes, low power digital circuit design and validation flow and methodologies. -Open minded, enthusiastic about new technologies with excellent communication and written skills --- Preferred Qualifications -Experience of evaluating architecture trade-off of performance, power and area. -Experience and knowledge of external interface, on-chip memory system, networks, hardware/software partitioning. -Experience in image, display or AI acceleration subsystems including ISP, DPU, NPU and its micro-architecture. -Experience of FPGA programming and prototype. --- ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. --- ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at dataecommerce.accommodations@bytedance.com
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $194000 - $410000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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