VP of Data Center Software & Platform Engineering

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 293,200 - 439,800; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in California is seeking a visionary VP, Engineering – Data Center Software to lead software, firmware, and platform enablement for scale of Qualcomm’s server-class SoCs.

The role spans software across firmware, OS, BMC, telemetry, and orchestration to ensure customer fleet readiness. The leader will build a global software organization, collaborate with silicon, hardware teams, and product management, and drive end-to-end software strategy for data center deployments

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, technical leaders, and complex cross-functional execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field of study.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in California is seeking a visionary VP, Engineering – Data Center Software to lead software, firmware, and platform enablement for scale of Qualcomm’s server-class SoCs.

The role spans software across firmware, OS, BMC, telemetry, and orchestration to ensure customer fleet readiness. The leader will build a global software organization, collaborate with silicon, hardware teams, and product management, and drive end-to-end software strategy for data center deployments