Lead Systems Architect

• Compensation: USD 210000 - USD 260000 - yearly

Axiado is an AI-enhanced security processor company redefining the control and management of every digital system. The company was founded in 2017, and currently has 100+ employees. At Axiado, developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect each other, and go the extra mile to achieve exceptional results. It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, deliver innovation, and change the world.

If you have this type of passion, we invite you to apply for this job.

As a Lead System Architect at Axiado, you will define the end-to-end architecture bridging silicon (ASIC/SoC), board-level hardware platforms, and low-level system software/firmware. Leveraging your deep expertise in the server and infrastructure industry, you will translate customer requirements into detailed technical specifications. This high-impact role requires navigating complex hardware/software tradeoffs while collaborating closely with Axiado’s engineering teams, customers, standards organizations and ecosystem partners.

• 1. Architectural Definition & Detailed Specification
• Own and author comprehensive, unambiguous system architecture specifications, micro-architectural specs, and/or platform requirement documents.
• Define rigorous system-level hardware/software partition boundaries and map out register-level interfaces for hardware blocks and low-level software stacks.
• Drive micro-architecture specifications for high-security, AI-driven SoCs, including on-chip interconnects (AXI/AHB), memory hierarchies, and standard I/O interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, SPI, eSPI, I3C, LTPI).
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for enterprise and hyperscaler customers to gather, analyze, and scope their next-generation platform security needs.
• Present Axiado’s system architecture roadmap and technical whitepapers to strategic customers, steering-level partners, and standards committees.
• Align Axiado’s technology with modern server deployment topologies and open-source standards (such as OCP DC-SCM / DC-SCI).
• 3. Server Infrastructure & Board-Level Integration
• Architect platform-level designs optimized for enterprise server motherboards, baseboard management systems, and cloud data center environments.
• Guide hardware and SI/PI engineers on signal integrity, power delivery networks, and thermal/mechanical constraints for modular server building blocks.
• 4. Software, Firmware & Security Stack Partitioning
• Specify secure platform boot flows, Root-of-Trust (RoT) architecture, and Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) frameworks.
• Collaborate with firmware teams to define interfaces for BMC stacks (OpenBMC), Linux kernels, device drivers, and platform management protocols (MCTP, PLDM, Redfish).

• Experience:
  
  10+ years of dedicated system architecture experience spanning SoC design, board development, and software stacks.
• Industry Focus:
  Proven track record of engineering and architectural success within the server, data center, or enterprise infrastructure industry.
• Specification Ownership:
  Demonstrated ability to independently produce and maintain highly detailed, production-grade technical specifications.
• Customer Facing:
  Excellent communication and presentation skills, with comfort interfacing directly with sophisticated enterprise customers and technical stakeholders.
• Education:
  
  B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Technical Breadth:
• Silicon:
  Deep knowledge of SoC design flows, interconnects, and interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DRAM, USB).
• Board-Level: Hands-on experience with hardware platform design, schematic capture, and lab bring-up tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Software:
  Clear understanding of embedded firmware, RTOS, Linux device drivers, and low-level C/C++ programming.

• Active participation in open infrastructure communities like the Open Compute Project (OCP).
• Deep understanding of hardware security concepts…