Senior Director, Data Center Server Software Platform

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 252,000 - 378,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Engineering to lead data center CPU platform software, including firmware, power and performance management, BMC, telemetry, and orchestration.

The leader will drive end-to-end execution from silicon bring-up to fleet deployment, partnering with architecture, hardware systems, OS, and PM teams in a global, high-performance environment. The role demands deep systems knowledge, strong engineering leadership, and a track record of delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/CS with 10+ years in software engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of programming in C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of CPU platform firmware for next-gen server-class SoCs and DC platforms.
• Oversee system power and performance management, optimization, and thermal management.
• Drive BMC and platform management software development, diagnostics, and lifecycle management.
• Define telemetry and observability implementations to monitor health, performance, power, and reliability.
• Develop platform-level orchestration/automation for provisioning, monitoring, updates at DC scale.
• Guide software execution from pre-silicon bring-up through fleet deployment and production release.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or CS

Master's degree in Engineering or CS

PhD in Engineering or CS

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Telemetry platforms

BMC tooling

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Engineering to lead data center CPU platform software, including firmware, power and performance management, BMC, telemetry, and orchestration.

The leader will drive end-to-end execution from silicon bring-up to fleet deployment, partnering with architecture, hardware systems, OS, and PM teams in a global, high-performance environment. The role demands deep systems knowledge, strong engineering leadership, and a track record of delivering