Server Product Architect (RISC-V) – Sr. Director

Qualcomm; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 285,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a highly experienced Server Product Architect with RISC-V expertise to define the architecture of a server SoC for hyperscale data centers.

You will collaborate with CPU, memory, IO, power, RAS, and security teams to translate customer requirements into measurable KPIs and architectural trade-offs. The role demands deep knowledge of RISC-V server architecture, chiplet coherency, memory systems, power management, and fault-tolerance, with a proven ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD with extensive hardware/software engineering experience and leadership in architecture.
• Strong track record in CPU/SoC architecture, RISC-V, and server product design.
• Ability to translate customer/platform requirements into architectural KPIs and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with chip and platform architects to define and develop Product and SoC architecture.
• Develop server roadmap and feature set across one or more architecture domains.
• Model and evaluate key server KPIs, including performance, power, area, cost, RAS, and related trade-offs.
• Create detailed architecture specification documents that communicate decisions to cross-functional teams.
• Communicate effectively with senior engineers, architects, and technologists in a fast-moving environment.

Skills

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 10+ years of Hardware/Software experience

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of experience

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of experience

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary

We are dedicated to transforming server-class computing by reimagining silicon and developing nextgeneration platforms optimized for performance, energy efficiency, scalability, and reliability. By joining our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers to define architecture for high-performance server products that meet demanding customer and data center requirements. We are seeking a highly experienced Server Product Architect with RISC-V product experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in CPU server architecture and a strong track record architecting complex, high-performance, low-power designs at advanced process nodes. This critical role will define the architecture of a server SoC that meets demanding customer KPIs across performance, power, area, cost, reliability, security, and scalability. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of RISC-V CPU and SoC architecture, including chiplet architecture, coherency management, memory systems, power management, RAS, security, debug, and test architecture. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for translating product requirements into clear architectural trade-offs and decisions. In this role, you will define architecture for a RISC-V server SoC, translate customer and platform requirements into measurable KPIs, and guide cross-functional architecture decisions across CPU, memory, IO, power, RAS, security, debug, and test domains.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 10+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 9+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 15 years of experience in semiconductor product development (Ex: System design, SoC architecture, HW design and validation, Silicon test, SW development).
• 15+ years of experience in CPU and/or SoC architecture, including at least 5 years of experience with RISC-V-based products.
• Strong understanding of RISC-V profiles and RV64 application processor requirements
• Strong expertise in multiple architecture domains of a server SoC including AIA and IOMMU architecture
• Experience in making PPA, cost, feature and schedule trade-offs to define product architecture
• Strong technical documentation skills, along with excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• 5+ years of experience building high performance server products
• Deep understanding of RISC-V Server SoC specification and platform enumeration and firmware requirements
• Deep understanding of CPU architecture including virtualization extensions
• Strong understanding of RISC-V security including confidential compute (CoVE) architecture
• Experience in commercializing server products with proven ability to influence nextgeneration architectures
• Strong expertise across multiple SoC architecture domains like coherency management, memory system, IO architecture, Power management and Security
• Experience with RAS, Debug and Test architecture for datacenter products
• Experience with ARM architecture including server architectures is a plus
• Proven track record in delivering hyperscale data center solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with chip and platform architects to define and develop Product and SoC architecture
• Develop server roadmap and feature set across one or more architecture domains
• Model and evaluate key server KPIs, including performance, power, area, cost, RAS, and related product trade-offs.
• Create detailed architecture specification documents that communicate product decisions, trade-offs, and implementation guidance to cross-functional engineering teams.
• Communicate effectively with senior engineers, architects, and technologists while operating in a fast-moving, cross-functional product development environment.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$284,900.00 - $427,300.00

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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.