Principal SOC Architect, AI Accelerators (Multiple Locations

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

22d • $200,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Qualcomm Technologies is seeking an experienced SoC architect to work on next-generation AI products for data centers. The role focuses on data-center security, reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS), and/or virtualization. The architect will help define product architecture and drive requirements from card and server level through full-rack systems, working with customers, ODMs, and internal product marketing teams.

The position includes analyzing current AI server deployments across data centers and architecting enhancements needed to deploy next-generation AI products. The selected candidate will design SoC architecture in one or more areas: RAS, virtualization, and security. This includes improving system reliability and serviceability, supporting isolated virtualized clients on shared hardware, and enabling confidential computing or equivalent capabilities based on data-center requirements.

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of hardware design, testing, and commercialization experience.
• 3+ years of experience working on data-center-related products such as servers or accelerators.
• In-depth knowledge of data-center topics including security, RAS, virtualization, telemetry, power, cooling, lifecycle, and deployments.
• Good knowledge of scale-up and scale-out architectures.
• Willingness to work in a high-caliber international, multi-site team.
• Meet one of the listed minimum qualification paths: bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field plus 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related experience; master's degree in those fields plus 7+ years; or PhD in those fields plus 6+ years.

Nice To Haves

• Experience and knowledge of server SoC security, particularly confidential computing.
• Participation in the OCP Security Forum and Confidential Compute Forum.
• Experience and knowledge defining RAS infrastructure at the server SoC level.
• Experience and knowledge of PCIe protocols, including SR-IOV, S-IOV, IDE, and TDISP.
• Good knowledge of server SoC architectures focused on security, RAS, and virtualization.
• Good knowledge of Ethernet protocols, particularly error recovery and virtualization.
• Ability to work with product marketing and data-center customers to define requirements covering security, RAS, and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Understand trends in data-center security, RAS, and virtualization through customer and ODM engagements.
• Work with customers to determine hardware and software requirements.
• Analyze current AI server deployments in different data centers.
• Architect enhancements required for deployment of next-generation AI products.
• Design SoC architecture for one or more of the following: RAS, virtualization, and security.
• Perform reliability analysis of card-, server-, and rack-level systems.
• Design and architect for easy serviceability.
• Implement hardware and software techniques to improve availability and mitigate failures.
• Support multiple clients using virtual machines on the same hardware platform.
• Leverage industry best practices for security and isolation between clients.
• Develop confidential-computing capabilities or equivalent solutions based on data-center requirements.
• Work with product marketing and data-center customers to define requirements for security, RAS, and virtualization.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for the annual bonus).
• Competitive benefits package designed to support employees at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal