Senior Staff Hardware Architect for AI Rack Systems

QUALCOMM, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 170,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and validate rack-level AI inference solutions for advanced data centers.

You will lead schematics, PCB layouts, and integration of PCIe cards, servers, and networking switches, collaborating with cross-functional teams across mechanical, thermal, SI, regulatory, and manufacturing domains. You will work with ODMs/JDM partners, contribute to SOWs, and travel to development sites to ensure robust hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field plus 6+ years hardware experience.
• Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in related field with 5+ or 4+ years respectively.
• Experience with PCIe, backplane, high-speed interfaces and EMI/thermal considerations.
• Experience with regulatory testing and vendor collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead schematics design, PCB layouts, design reviews, component selections, mechanical and thermal designs, and develop test plans.
• Co-develop functional specifications for systems, cards, sub-systems, and rack-level architectures.
• Collaborate with ODMs to develop and support customer-specific hardware and system requirements.
• Coordinate across multiple development sites and travel to customer sites as needed.

Skills

Rack-level integration

PCB design

Schematic capture

Thermal management

Power delivery

Signal integrity

Education

Master's or PhD in EE/related

Bachelor's + 6+ years hardware exp

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Expedition

SPICE simulations

JTAG debugging

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to design and validate rack-level AI inference solutions for advanced data centers.

You will lead schematics, PCB layouts, and integration of PCIe cards, servers, and networking switches, collaborating with cross-functional teams across mechanical, thermal, SI, regulatory, and manufacturing domains. You will work with ODMs/JDM partners, contribute to SOWs, and travel to development sites to ensure robust hardware