Senior Staff System Architect

Location:

(Cork) Ireland

Salary:

market rate

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Advertiser:

microTECH Global Ltd

Job ID:

132765420

Posted On:

12 March 2026

Senior Staff System Architect – Power Management
Location
Ireland
Cork or Limerick
Overview
An established global semiconductor company is seeking a Senior Staff System Architect to define and drive the architecture of next-generation digitally controlled power management ICs.

This is a senior, high-visibility role focused on system-level decision making, bridging product requirements, modelling, and IC implementation. You will act as the technical authority guiding designs from concept through to working silicon.
Key Responsibilities

-Define system architectures for advanced digital power management solutions
-Translate market and product requirements into clear architectural specifications
-Select and specify core system and circuit building blocks
-Develop and maintain system-level models to predict and validate silicon performance
-Support delivery from early modelling through to first silicon and production
-Correlate models with real silicon data to support design and verification teams
-Work closely with analog, digital, applications, and product teams across locations
-Document architectures, trade-offs, and results clearly and maintain them over time
-Support applications engineering with debug, simulation, and customer issue resolution
-Lead and mentor engineers, contributing to technical direction and executionRequired Background

-Degree, MSc, or PhD in Electronic Engineering or similar
-10+ years of relevant industry experience
-Proven experience in system architecture for power or mixed-signal ICs
-Strong background in digitally controlled power management
-Deep understanding of power conversion topologies
– Buck
– Boost
– Buck-boost
– PMIC

– Voltage regulators

-Expertise in control theory and digital signal processing
-Strong modelling skills using Matlab, Simplis, or similar tools
-Good understanding of IC design constraints and feasibility
-Experience leading or mentoring engineers
-Comfortable working cross-functionally and across time zonesNice to Have
• Patent history and or published technical papers
• Prior customer-facing or applications support exposure
• Experience influencing product roadmaps or long-term architecture stra

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