Datacentre Technician (Datacentre AI Engineering) - Riyadh, KSA

Qualcomm; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Al-Qassim Province is seeking Data Centre Technicians to oversee the daily operations of Cloud AI data centre deployments. Responsibilities include ensuring optimal performance and uptime, managing AI hardware, and troubleshooting incidents. Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills, hands-on experience in data centre environments, and familiarity with AI/ML workloads. This position offers various benefits, including a performance-related bonus and allowances for housing and transportation.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

Employee stock purchase scheme

Life and medical insurance

Child education allowance

Qualifications

• Understanding of AI/ML workloads.
• Strong problem-solving and diagnostic abilities.
• Hands-on experience installing, troubleshooting and maintaining servers and networking equipment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal performance and uptime of Cloud AI data centre operations.
• Manage Qualcomm Cloud AI Accelerator hardware for AI/ML workloads.
• Monitor and manage incident response and troubleshooting.

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Middle East Information Technology Company LLC

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

About Us

Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. You interact with products and technologies made possible by Qualcomm every day, including 5G-enabled smartphones that double as pro-level cameras and gaming devices, smarter vehicles and cities, and the technology behind the smart, connected factories that manufactured your latest purchase.

Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day.

About the Role

Qualcomm is leveraging its expertise in hardware-accelerated AI to bring powerful, energy-efficient generative AI and computer vision workloads to data centres. The Qualcomm Cloud AI team is developing several key technologies including a comprehensive hardware and software stack for deep learning inference acceleration, designed for rack-scale data centre deployments.

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced Data Centre Technicians to oversee the daily operations, maintenance and performance of Qualcomm's Cloud AI data centre deployments.

This role involves the following activities

• Ensure optimal performance, uptime and availability of Cloud AI data centre deployments
• Manage Qualcomm Cloud AI Accelerator hardware for AI/ML workloads
• Commission and decommission equipment
• Oversee physical infrastructure: servers, storage, networking, power, cooling
• Monitor and manage incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, preventative measures
• Oversee software updates and maintenance

You will be able to demonstrate the following

• Understanding of AI/ML workloads
• Strong problem‑solving and diagnostic abilities
• Ability to work in high‑pressure environments and respond to incidents quickly
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on quality and reliability
• Good communication skills for coordinating with teams
• Willingness to work shifts, on‑call rotations and sometimes in physically demanding conditions
• Hands‑on experience installing, troubleshooting and maintaining servers, storage devices, networking equipment and AI accelerators
• Familiarity with Linux, bare‑metal and virtualization platforms
• Familiarity with data centre infrastructure
• Use of Data Centre Infrastructure Management software and environmental monitoring systems
• Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development

We’d love to see

• Experience with ticketing systems and change management processes
• Knowledge of programming/scripting languages like Python or Bash
• Familiarity with cloud platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) relevant to data‑center operations
• Industry‑recognized certifications such as CompTIA Linux+, CDCP, CCNA

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of computer hardware and components
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Physical Requirements

• Frequently transports and installs equipment weighing at least 25 lbs.

What’s on Offer

• Salary including housing & transport allowance
• Performance‑related bonus
• 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave
• 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Child education allowance
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
• Life and medical insurance
• Live+ Well reimbursement for health and recreational membership fees

Qualcomm is an equal‑opportunity employer and upholds the principles of non‑discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm commits to providing an accessible process and reasonable accommodations to support participation.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of company confidential information and other proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.