AI Phone - Hardware Platform / Mobile SoC Architect

The role

This role focuses on defining the hardware platform strategy and specifications for an AI-native phone. You will evaluate hardware architectures, select SoCs and components, and work with ODMs to translate requirements into hardware designs.

What you will do

• Define the overall hardware platform strategy and roadmap for the phone.
• Evaluate and compare mobile SoC platforms including Qualcomm, MediaTek and other vendors.
• Define hardware specifications covering CPU, GPU, NPU, RAM, storage, memory bandwidth and connectivity.
• Evaluate NPU capabilities, supported AI frameworks, compute performance and memory constraints.
• Define hardware requirements for AI-native features like hotword detection, camera, audio, and sensor integration.
• Evaluate power consumption, thermal performance, battery capacity and sustained compute performance.
• Work with product and AI teams to translate future AI capabilities into hardware requirements.
• Assess whether existing commercial platforms meet requirements or if deeper customization is necessary.
• Work directly with ODM/OEM and chipset vendors to review platform proposals and technical feasibility.
• Review hardware architecture, component specifications and design trade-offs proposed by ODMs.

Required qualifications

• Strong experience in smartphone hardware architecture, mobile SoC or embedded hardware engineering.
• Deep understanding of mobile SoC architecture, including CPU, GPU, NPU, memory subsystem and hardware acceleration.
• Experience evaluating and selecting smartphone hardware platforms.
• Understanding of power architecture, thermal management, battery performance and hardware constraints.
• Experience defining hardware specifications and technical requirements for mobile devices.
• Experience working directly with ODM/OEM, chipset vendors and hardware suppliers.
• Ability to translate product and AI requirements into concrete hardware specifications and platform decisions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Qualcomm Snapdragon or MediaTek Dimensity platforms.
• Experience with AI accelerator / NPU architecture and on-device AI workloads.
• Experience with smartphone hardware design and component selection.
• Experience with camera ISP, audio DSP and sensor architecture.
• Experience taking a smartphone product from platform selection through mass production.
• Experience with custom hardware platforms or ODM product development.

About the company

bjakcareer aims to build proactive applications and devices that bring intelligence into daily conversations, coordination and workflows.