Senior AI Accelerator Hardware Architect

Qualcomm Incorporated; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. designs and develops cutting-edge motherboard, add-in card modules, and rack-scale AI inference systems for next-gen data centers.

You will work with cross-functional teams across mechanical, thermal, SI, and manufacturing to drive concept-through-production for high-performance hardware. The role emphasizes rack-level integration, PCB design, and validation of PCIe-based systems, with exposure to ODMs for customer-specific hardware requirements and collaboration

Qualifications

• System/card/rack-level development from concept to deployment.
• Rack-level integration including chassis, backplane, cabling, airflow, and thermal management.
• Experience with power delivery (PDUs/VRMs/PMICs) and power budgeting.
• High-speed interfaces such as PCIe Gen5/6 and 200/400/800 GbE.
• Collaboration with ODMs/OEMs and cross-functional teams on requirements.
• Bring-up and debugging of hardware systems and rack configurations.

Responsibilities

• Lead schematics design, PCB layouts, design reviews, component selections, mechanical and thermal designs, and test plans.
• Co-develop functional specifications for systems, cards, sub-systems, and rack-level architectures.
• Collaborate with internal teams and ODMs to develop and support hardware requirements.
• Facilitate technical trade-offs at hardware/software/chip levels.
• Support architecture and card designs including accelerator SoCs, memory, I/O, power delivery.
• Participate in rack-level inference solution development aligned with customer needs.

Skills

Rack-level integration

Signal integrity

Thermal management

PCIe

Backplane design

SOW writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware debugging

Education

Master's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Expedition

SPICE simulation

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. designs and develops cutting-edge motherboard, add-in card modules, and rack-scale AI inference systems for next-gen data centers.

You will work with cross-functional teams across mechanical, thermal, SI, and manufacturing to drive concept-through-production for high-performance hardware. The role emphasizes rack-level integration, PCB design, and validation of PCIe-based systems, with exposure to ODMs for customer-specific hardware requirements and collaboration