Remote Solutions Architect – Hyperscale AI/Datacenters

3M Company; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 165,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

3M Company seeks a Solutions Architect to lead technical engagement with hyperscale datacenters and to translate complex AI/optics requirements into actionable input for product teams. You will shape the AI/datacenter roadmap and support sales, engineering and marketing with in-depth technical context.

The role requires 5 years of relevant experience in hyperscale environments and a strong background in optical interconnects, CPO technologies, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Optical/Photonics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other technical field (completed and verified prior to start)
• Five (5) years of experience working with hyperscale datacenter customers, AI architectures, optical interconnect, or co-packaged optics (CPO) technologies in a private, public, government or military environment
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical/Photonics Engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited institution
• Direct experience engaging with XPU, compute, or switch vendors on system architecture and optical interconnect integration for AI/ML infrastructure
• Skills include strong technical communication, customer focused, self-starting, relationship building, innovation, collaboration

Responsibilities

• Leading technical engagement with hyperscale datacenter customers and compute/networking silicon vendors.
• Translating roadmaps and architecture requirements into actionable input for 3M product and technology teams.
• Determining how AI datacenter trends should shape 3M’s EBO program roadmap.
• Providing deep technical context on customer architectures, use cases, and integration requirements to sales, applications engineering and product teams.
• Building conceptual demos and supporting technical marketing initiatives for hyperscale audiences.

Skills

Hyperscale datacenters

AI architectures

Optical interconnect

Co-packaged optics

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/ Optical/ Computer Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

3M Company seeks a Solutions Architect to lead technical engagement with hyperscale datacenters and to translate complex AI/optics requirements into actionable input for product teams. You will shape the AI/datacenter roadmap and support sales, engineering and marketing with in-depth technical context.

The role requires 5 years of relevant experience in hyperscale environments and a strong background in optical interconnects, CPO technologies, and communication skills.