Senior Director - Server Software Engineering

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Director, Engineering – Data Center CPU Platform Software to lead the development and delivery of critical software powering Qualcomm’s next-generation Data Center CPU platforms.

You will oversee CPU platform firmware, power/performance management, and platform management software, driving telemetry, automation, and production readiness at data center scale. A global, high-performing team will report to you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, CS, or related field.
• 4+ years of software engineering with C/C++, Java or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, and delivery of CPU platform firmware.
• Own system power, performance management, and optimization.
• Lead development of BMC and platform management software.
• Define telemetry and observability for system health.
• Drive CI/CD, release management, and production readiness.
• Lead global engineering organization with accountability.

Skills

Programming languages: C, C++, Java, (

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Director, Engineering – Data Center CPU Platform Software to lead the development and delivery of critical software technologies powering Qualcomm’s next‑generation Data Center CPU platforms.

• Lead the development, integration, and delivery of CPU platform firmware for next‑generation server‑class SoCs and Data Center platforms.
• Own the execution of system power and performance management, including performance optimization, power efficiency, thermal management, workload behavior, and platform‑level policies.
• Lead development of BMC and platform management software, enabling server provisioning, configuration, health monitoring, diagnostics, lifecycle management, and remote manageability.
• Define and drive the telemetry and observability implementation required to monitor system health, performance, power, reliability, and operational behavior across server platforms.
• Develop platform‑level orchestration and automation capabilities that simplify provisioning, configuration, monitoring, diagnostics, firmware/software updates, and lifecycle management at Data Center scale.
• Drive software execution from pre‑silicon development and silicon bring‑up through system validation, customer qualification, production release, and fleet deployment.
• Partner closely with CPU architecture, silicon engineering, hardware systems, performance engineering, operating systems, validation, security, product management, customer engineering, and program management teams.
• Establish strong engineering practices for architecture reviews, development processes, CI/CD, validation, quality gates, release management, and production readiness.
• Drive root‑cause analysis and resolution of complex hardware‑software interactions affecting platform performance, power, reliability, manageability, or customer deployment.
• Build, develop, and lead a high‑performing global engineering organization with strong technical depth, ownership, execution discipline, and accountability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 10+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 9+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.
• 20+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 10+ years of supervisory experience.
• 4+ years of experience with Database Management Software.
• 4+ years of experience with API.
• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).
• 3+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$251,700.00 - $377,500.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.