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

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

34d•$126,000 - $229,800

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
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

Nice To Haves

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

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
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.
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.
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.