Lead Hardware Design Engineer – SoC/SIP & Rack‑Level

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA leads hardware development for AI compute platforms, designing rack-level systems and PCIe-based cards across cross-functional teams. You will shape specifications and drive hardware integration from concept to production.

This role requires strong expertise in schematic and PCB design, high-speed interfaces, and collaboration with ODMs/OEMs to meet performance targets. Travel to sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE with 4+ years hardware engineering experience.
• Master’s degree with 3+ years hardware experience.
• PhD with 2+ years hardware experience.
• System/card/rack-level development including architecture, design and deployment.
• Collaborate with ODMs/OEMs on joint designs and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead schematics design, PCB layouts, design reviews, component selections, mechanical and thermal designs, and develop test plans.
• Co-develop functional specifications for systems, cards, sub-systems, and rack-level architectures.
• Collaborate with internal teams and ODMs to develop customer-specific hardware and system requirements.
• Facilitate consensus on technical trade-offs at hardware, software, and chip design levels.
• Support architecture and card designs including accelerator SoCs, memory, I/O, power delivery, PCB design.
• Participate in rack-level inference solutions development and validation.
• Resolve architecture and design issues across system, card, and rack levels.
• Assist bring-up and debugging of hardware systems, cards, and rack configurations.
• Provide technical oversight of factory and manufacturing processes.
• Contribute to SOWs and drive milestones; coordinate across sites and partners.
• Travel to development and customer sites to support deployments and validation.
• Deliver technical training for ODMs on rack-level system integration.

Skills

Schematic design

PCB layout

Design reviews

Component selection

Mechanical design

Thermal design

ODM collaboration

Test planning

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronics Engineering

PhD in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Expedition

SPICE

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

JTAG

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA leads hardware development for AI compute platforms, designing rack-level systems and PCIe-based cards across cross-functional teams. You will shape specifications and drive hardware integration from concept to production.

This role requires strong expertise in schematic and PCB design, high-speed interfaces, and collaboration with ODMs/OEMs to meet performance targets. Travel to sites may be required.