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Lead SoC Architect

Nuvacore

Santa Clara · $1K–300K · Full-time

Posted 24 Jul 2026

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Nuvacore is building a new general-purpose CPU core for AI-era, data-center-scale workloads. Founded by veteran CPU and system architects from world-class companies and backed by Sequoia Capital, we're a clean-sheet build with no legacy architecture to carry forward.

THE ROLE

We're looking for a Lead SoC Architect to own the SoC architecture surrounding our CPU core — fabric, memory, I/O, power, and security. You'll set architectural direction, make the system-level trade-offs, and work across design, verification, physical design, and software to see them through.

We're building deliberately, with one goal in mind: assembling the team capable of redefining what's possible in silicon.

Think you're one of them?

We're hiring across engineering and technical leadership. 

The next great CPU won't build itself.

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