Partner Technology Senior Architect

HP•Spring, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

HP sits at the center of one of the most consequential technology transitions in a generation. The PC is being redefined by AI silicon, new OS platform capabilities, and frontier AI models, and the companies building those technologies are HP's most important alliance partners: Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google. HP's ability to translate and leverage what those partners are building into differentiated HP products and solutions is one of the biggest drivers of how HP will win in the next cycle. The candidate will play an important role at the intersection of technical teams within HP and with the partner organizations. The candidate will have the technical depth to engage partner architects as peers, the solution architecture instinct to see how partner IP becomes HP differentiation, and the internal credibility to drive those paths through to Engineering. The person in this role will define and lead how HP systematically converts partner technology into HP product advantage.

Requirements

15+ years of experience combining technical depth (engineering, architecture, or applied research) with outward-facing work (partner/alliance management, business development, solutions architecture, or technology strategy)
Demonstrated ability to hold peer-level technical conversations with silicon architects, OS platform engineers, or AI researchers, and the judgment to know what to ask.
Solution architecture instincts: ability to take a partner technology and reason through how it would apply to a real product or solution, what it enables, and what the integration path looks like.
Deep familiarity with the AI technology landscape, including silicon (CPU/NPU/GPU, accelerators/TPUs, edge AI processors), operating systems (Windows, Android, Linux, etc.), AI software platforms and frameworks, large language models and frontier AI, and AI-at-the-edge architectures.
Understanding of compute architectures and ecosystems across client, edge, data center and cloud, including how silicon, OS, and AI model technologies translate into product, service and solution differentiation.
Track record of driving outcomes cross-functionally without direct authority, across technology, engineering, strategy, product, and business development.
Structured thinking and communication discipline: you build organized, durable intelligence that others can use, not one-off insights.

Nice To Haves

Experience inside or directly alongside a semiconductor, OS platform, or AI model company; you understand how those organizations think and how their technical teams operate.
Familiarity with technology licensing, IP evaluation, or joint technology development.
Experience in a Principal or staff-level solutions architect or applied engineering role with meaningful external engagement.
Working knowledge of HP's business, product lines, and strategic direction.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a living, technically grounded knowledge base of relevant partner technologies and IP across HP's silicon partners (Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Nvidia), OS partners (Microsoft, Google), and other potential technology providers (e.g., frontier labs, emerging technology companies).
Produce structured assessments that connect specific partner technologies to HP differentiation opportunities, with a solution architect's view of how the technology would be applied, what it enables, where it fits in HP's product and solution stack, and what the collaboration model should look like.
Build and maintain trusted working relationships with engineers, architects, researchers, and technology strategists at HP's alliance partners.
Systematically identify and evaluate new potential partners, particularly in frontier AI models, edge AI, specialized silicon and other relevant emerging business and technology areas.
Serve as the structured conduit between partner technology intelligence and HP's hardware and software Engineering organizations.
Deliver periodic technology landscape briefings and time-sensitive opportunity alerts to Division/Product, Engineering, TIO and other relevant technical teams.
Engage partner organizations at a technical peer level.
Lead technical conversations with engineers, architects, and researchers at partner organizations, going beyond commercial briefings to understand technology direction, IP, and roadmap intent.
Evaluate partner technologies and IP from a solution architecture perspective: how they work, what they enable, where their limitations are, and how they could be combined or applied to create HP differentiation.
Develop trusted relationships with technical leaders across silicon, OS, and AI partner organizations that generate ongoing technology intelligence and create pathways for deep collaboration.
Map specific partner technologies and IP to HP product and solution opportunities, including integration work, dependencies, and collaboration model.
Develop deep working knowledge of HP's strategy across core businesses and newer capability areas, and apply it to identify where partner technology creates the highest-leverage opportunities.
Produce differentiation assessments that HP business, product, engineering and alliance teams can act on.
Drive cross-functional execution.
Partner with HP's Divisions, HW Engineering and SW Engineering organizations on product and solution roadmaps, technology evaluation, and feature incubation.
Align with HP's Technology & Innovation Organization on scouting priorities and R&D agenda.
Collaborate with HP's Corporate Strategy organization to ensure your work informs, and is informed by, their technology scouting efforts.
Engage with HP division teams to connect partner technology to their differentiation needs.
Support Alliance Leads with the technical depth that strengthens engagement across all strategy layers.
Communicate with range.
Translate complex technical topics into business-legible assessments for senior audiences.
Translate business context into technically actionable direction for engineering audiences.
Deliver periodic landscape briefings and time-sensitive opportunity alerts to leadership.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave