VP, Engineering - Data Center CPU Software

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 303,000 - 455,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in California seeks a VP of Engineering – Data Center CPU Software to lead software, firmware, platform enablement, and system architecture for data center server SoCs from bring-up to deployment.

Based in Santa Clara or San Diego, this role demands strategic leadership across global teams. You will shape the software roadmap for platform software, observability, orchestration, and customer readiness while partnering with hardware, product, and ecosystem teams to

Qualifications

• Fifteen (15) or more years of software engineering, systems software, infrastructure software, or data center platform development experience.
• Six (6) or more years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams and cross-functional execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall software architecture, development, integration, and execution for Qualcomm’s Data Center platforms.
• Own end-to-end software roadmap to enable scalable data center systems and deployment readiness.
• Drive software strategy across CPUs, networking fabrics, and cloud-native infrastructure for hyperscaler deployments.
• Partner with silicon, hardware, product, and ecosystem teams to deliver complete data center solutions.
• Build and scale a high-performing global software engineering organization with strong execution discipline.
• Establish engineering best practices, release discipline, and quality gates for predictable delivery.
• Engage with strategic customers and partners, translating trade-offs into clear decisions.
• Operate effectively in a matrixed environment across hardware, software, product, and business teams.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Execution

Coaching & Development

Clear Communication

Innovation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field

Master's or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

This position can be based in Santa Clara or San Diego, California.

Qualcomm is transforming the compute industry by reimagining silicon and delivering cloud-scale, production-ready server platforms that prioritize performance determinism, energy efficiency, and operational simplicity at hyperscale. We are seeking a visionary VP, Engineering – Data Center CPU Software to lead the software, firmware, platform enablement, and system architecture required to scale Qualcomm’s server-class SoCs from silicon bring-up through hyperscaler deployment. This leader will drive software across CPU platform firmware, power and performance management, OS and hypervisor integration, BMC and platform management, telemetry, orchestration, verification and validation, release quality, and customer fleet readiness.

Position Overview

• Lead overall software architecture, development, integration, and execution for Qualcomm’s Data Center platforms, spanning server CPU, networking, platform management, and cluster-scale infrastructure.
• Own the end-to-end software roadmap required to enable scalable data center systems, including platform software, firmware interfaces, orchestration, observability, telemetry, lifecycle management, compilers, runtimes, and customer deployment readiness.
• Drive software strategy and execution across CPUs, networking fabrics, storage integration, system management, and cloud-native infrastructure to support hyperscaler and enterprise data center deployments.
• Partner closely with silicon, hardware systems, product management, customer engineering, program management, operations, and ecosystem teams to deliver complete data center solutions from product definition through commercialization.
• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing global software engineering organization with strong execution discipline, technical depth, and accountability across complex, multi-year roadmap commitments.
• Establish engineering best practices, operating mechanisms, quality gates, and release discipline to enable predictable software delivery, platform stability, performance optimization, and customer confidence.
• Serve as a senior technical engagement point for strategic customers, hyperscalers, ecosystem partners, and internal executive stakeholders, translating complex software and system-level trade-offs into clear decisions and execution plans.
• Operate effectively in a highly matrixed environment, influencing outcomes across hardware, software, systems, networking, product, and business teams without relying solely on direct authority.

Minimum Requirements

• Fifteen (15) or more years of software engineering, systems software, infrastructure software, or data center platform development experience.
• Six (6) or more years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams, technical leaders, and complex cross-functional execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field of study.

Preferred Qualifications

• Twenty (20) or more years of software engineering, systems software, infrastructure software, or data center platform development experience.
• Ten (10) or more years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams, technical leaders, and complex cross-functional execution.
• Master’s or PhD degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field of study.

In addition to experience, the successful candidate will have demonstrated competencies in the following areas:

• Strategic Execution: Ensures execution plan drives key strategic priorities and company goals; has significant impact on the direction of a large number of critical projects. Drives timely, complex, and strategic decisions that have a global reach and/or significant business or financial impact while adhering to Qualcomm standards of ethical behavior.
• Coaching & Development: Provides leadership across organizations (e.g., creates a strategy for organization development, develops a strong talent pipeline/workforce and drives talent development to execute present and future business priorities, sets clear expectations for departments, drives coaching and mentoring relationships, creates a culture of inclusion and learning) and motivates peers, senior leaders, and employees to align individual, team, department, and organization development with the broader vision and goals of the company.
• Impactful Innovation: Inspires stakeholders, the company culture, and the industry with a visionary approach that shapes the organization by introducing and enabling breakthrough ideas, products, and/or processes. Creates new business opportunities by challenging the organization to push boundaries while taking the appropriate risk and anticipating future needs.
• Clear Communication: Translates the strategic vision into succinct and impactful messages that inspires and connects efforts to the broader vision and goals of the company. Acts as a champion for proactive, open, respectful, and inclusive discussions.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$303,200.00 - $454,800.00

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.

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