Senior Director, Systems Architecture (San Jose, CA)

Cedent Consulting Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Director of Systems Architecture, where you will lead the charge in defining innovative technology strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape product roadmaps and leverage your deep knowledge of CPU architecture and memory solutions to drive impactful decisions. This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic environment that values innovation and teamwork, making a significant contribution to the future of memory and storage solutions. If you're ready to embrace challenges and grow within a supportive culture, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Great company culture

Challenging work environment

Team collaboration

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in systems architecture.
• MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field required.

Responsibilities

• Investigate emerging memories for new market applications.
• Develop trusted partner relationships for technology plans.
• Run executive-level strategy meetings and present data summaries.

Skills

CPU or system architecture

in-memory and/or near-memory compute

memory usage in systems

serial link protocols (PCIe, SATA, CXL)

SSD system architectures

memory standards and emerging memories

communication skills

analytical skills

problem-solving skills

adaptability

Education

MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

equivalent experience in related fields

Job description

Title: Senior Director, Systems Architecture @ San Jose, CA
Terms of Hire: Full Time.
Salary: $150,000–$300,000 / yr + Benefits.
Client: Memory & Storage Solutions

Job Description

Client Technology’s vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life and our commitment to people, innovation, tenacity, collaboration, and customer focus allows us to fulfill our mission to be a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This means conducting business with integrity, accountability, and professionalism while supporting our global community.

As a member of the Technology and Product Group (TPG) Strategy team, you will help set Client’s product and technology strategy. You will work closely with team members across multiple departments including business units, design, product engineering, and technology development to define, prioritize, and communicate market and system requirements and develop best-in-industry technology roadmaps for products and systems that will meet these challenging market demands. You are expected to understand emerging market trends, shifting compute architectures, and how emerging memories may fit into the landscape.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Investigate the role of emerging memories towards new market applications and computer architectures.
• Investigate, summarize, and report on technology inflection points, competitive landscape, and evolving customer requirements.
• Develop and grow trusted partner relationships with key internal and external partners to assure the technology plan and future directions are consistent with Client's goals and priorities. Partner to build the plans and investment rationale for the proposed solutions.
• Evaluate technology roadmap plans and progress to these roadmaps. Highlight when changes or re-alignment of priorities are necessary.
• Run executive-level strategy meetings where Client’s product and technology roadmaps are proposed, aligned, and selected.
• Collaborate with TPG partners to align roadmaps and technology priorities by mapping system and product requirements into technology metrics.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to obtain relevant information and regularly meet with business partners to validate data and assumptions.
• Create and present data summaries to enable decision making, summarize key takeaways, and drive follow-up action items.
• Translate assessments of strategies into actionable decision points and recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics or related field or equivalent experience
• Deep knowledge of CPU or system architecture
• Knowledge of in-memory and/or near-memory compute
• Deep knowledge of how memory is used in systems and end-customer solutions
• Knowledge of serial link protocols (PCIe, SATA, CXL, etc.)
• Knowledge of SSD system architectures
• Knowledge of memory consumer, client, enterprise, and mobile systems and markets
• Understanding of memory standards and emerging memories
• Highly effective, strong communication and teamwork skills
• Excellent analytical, analysis, and problem-solving skills
• Adaptable to a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment with dynamic demands

What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements for this position?

• Deep knowledge of CPU or system architecture
• Knowledge of in-memory and/or near-memory compute
• Deep knowledge of how memory is used in systems and end-customer solutions
• Knowledge of serial link protocols (PCIe, SATA, CXL, etc.)

You Will Enjoy:

• An opportunity to be a part of a great culture, an awesome team, a challenging work environment, and some fun along the way!
• Apply today to learn more and be part of our Growth story.

All applications will be kept strictly confidential and once shortlisted, our team will be in touch with you for further discussions.