Senior SoC Network Subsystem Architect

Intel Corporation

Senior SoC Network Subsystem Architect at Intel defining architecture for high-performance network systems. Responsible for collaboration, design decisions, and leading multiple initiatives.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeSanta Clara • Arizona, California, Oregon, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $164,470 - $269,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end NSS architecture
Architect high-performance packet pipelines supporting hundreds of millions of packets/sec throughput
Lead design decisions for pipeline partitioning, feature scalability, and backward compatibility
Collaborate across SoC, compute, memory, SW/FW, validation, and customer teams to drive architecture closure

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree
7+ years of experience in Networking ASIC / SoC / IPU / DPU architecture
High-speed packet processing pipelines
Experience in system-level architecture tradeoffs
Define and deliver architecture for large-scale data center networking systems
Preferred: Experience with programmable datapath architectures (P4, pipeline microcode, or hybrid models)
Familiarity with coherent or shared-memory offload models (e.g., CPU-IPU integration)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay
Stock bonuses
Health insurance
Retirement plans
Vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

NSS architecturepacket pipelineshigh-speed packet processingsystem-level architecturelarge-scale data center networkingprogrammable datapath architecturesP4pipeline microcodehybrid modelscoherent memory offload models

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationdesign decision making

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer Science