(Sr) Staff SOC Architect - AI Accelerators (Multiple Locations)

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 146.000 - 218.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discretionary bonus

Annual RSU grants

Benefits package

Descripción de la vacante

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced SoC Architect to define and deliver next-generation AI datacenter products. You will drive architecture across hardware, firmware, software, and systems to develop scalable AI server solutions.

The role emphasizes security, RAS, and virtualization, with collaboration across multiple domains to shape product roadmaps and deployment strategies.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• Master’s degree with 3+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• PhD with 2+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.

Responsabilidades

• Understand trends in datacenter security, RAS and virtualization through customer engagements.
• Work with customers to determine HW and SW requirements.
• Architect enhancements for deployment of next-generation AI products.
• Define RAS, virtualization and security architectures for server SoCs.

Conocimientos

SoC architecture

Security

RAS

Virtualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

Qualcomm is seeking an experienced SoC Architect to help define and deliver next-generation AI datacenter products. In this role, you will drive architecture and feature definition in key server technologies including Security, Reliability/Availability/Serviceability (RAS), and Virtualization. You will work across hardware, firmware, software, systems, and product teams to develop scalable solutions for AI server and rack deployments. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in one or more datacenter architecture domains and a strong understanding of server SoC design, deployment requirements, and industry trends. You will help shape architectural decisions, evaluate customer requirements, influence product roadmaps, and drive implementation of critical datacenter capabilities across Qualcomm's AI infrastructure portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand trends in datacenter security, RAS and virtualization through customer and ODM engagements.
• Work with customers to determine HW and SW requirements.
• Analysis of the current AI server deployments in different datacenters.
• Architect enhancements required for deployment of next-generation AI products.

Design the SOC Architecture for at least one or more of the following areas

• RAS
• Define RAS architecture for server SoCs, accelerator platforms, and AI infrastructure deployments.
• Develop error detection, containment, recovery, telemetry, and serviceability mechanisms.
• Drive architectural solutions that improve reliability and operational availability at system scale.
• Collaborate with firmware and software teams on fault management and recovery strategies.
• Virtualization
• Define virtualization architecture supporting multi-tenant AI infrastructure deployments.
• Drive requirements for virtual machines, device virtualization, resource partitioning, and workload isolation.
• Develop scalable solutions that enable secure and efficient utilization of datacenter resources.
• Evaluate industry virtualization technologies and standards.
• Security
• Define security architecture for next-generation server SoCs and AI infrastructure products.
• Drive implementation of confidential computing and trusted execution technologies.
• Analyze emerging security threats and develop architectural mitigations.
• Collaborate with ecosystem partners to align security solutions with industry standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in HW Design, testing, and commercialization experience.
• 3+ years of experience of working in datacenter related products - servers, accelerators etc.
• In-depth knowledge of datacenter - security, RAS, virtualization, telemetry, power, cooling, lifecycle, deployments etc.
• Good knowledge of scale-up and scale-out architectures.
• Willingness to work in a high-caliber international/multi-site team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of Server SOC security specifically in the area of Confidential Compute.
• Participation in OCP Security Forum and Confidential Compute Forum is a plus.
• Experience and knowledge in defining RAS infrastructure at the Server SoC level.
• Experience and knowledge of PCIe protocol spanning SRIOV, SIOV, IDE, TDISP etc.
• Good knowledge of server SOC architectures focusing on security, RAS and virtualization.
• Good knowledge of Ethernet protocols with emphasis on error recovery and virtualization.
• Ability to work with PdM (Product Marketing) and datacenter customers to define requirements covering security, RAS and virtualization etc.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$145,600.00 - $218,400.00

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.