Senior SoC Design Lead (SoC)

Location: Oulu, Finland or Tampere, Finland

Company

hirify.global is a Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless communication technology for the Internet of Things, including Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT+, Thread, Zigbee, LTE-M/NB-IoT, and Wi-Fi.

What you will do

• Lead and grow the SoC design team through planning, task allocation, mentoring, and performance follow-up.
• Own SoC-level architecture and microarchitecture decisions, balancing performance, power, area, cost, and time to market.
• Drive the design flow from specification and RTL through integration, synthesis, timing closure, DFT, and sign-off.
• Plan project schedules, deliverables, and risks, and report status to stakeholders and management.
• Define integration and verification strategy, coordinate interfaces across analog, RF, memory, IP, physical design, test, and software teams.
• Support silicon bring-up, debug, characterization, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and improvements to design methodologies and quality practices.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, microelectronics, or a related field.
• Extensive hands-on digital or SoC design experience, including several SoCs taken to tape-out and production.
• Proven experience leading technical teams or large design projects, with strong planning and delivery skills.
• Strong command of RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog, SoC integration, clock and reset architecture, and low-power design methods.
• Solid understanding of embedded processor subsystems, bus fabrics, memory systems, and on-chip interfaces.
• Experience with synthesis, static timing analysis, DFT, physical design handoff, and verification methodology.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, debug, and root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, plus fluent English.
• Technical depth, leadership, ownership of results, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and enthusiasm for building SoCs.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional and informal working environment with continuous development of skills and expertise.
• Work alongside experienced engineers and recognized experts on varied tasks and projects.
• Flexible working hours.
• Medical insurance and family-friendly policies, insurance, and benefits.
• Short- and long-term incentive plan.
• Background check may be required.