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[Remote] Principal SOC Architect, AI Accelerators (Multiple Locations

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal SoC Architect to help define architecture for next-generation AI products in the datacenter. The role drives requirements from card and server levels through full racks, focusing on security, reliability, availability, serviceability, and virtualization.

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
  • Design the SOC architecture for at least one or more of the following areas:
  • Reliability analysis of the card, server and rack level systems
  • Design/architect for easy serviceability
  • Implement HW/SW techniques for improved availability to mitigate failures
  • Support multiple clients using VMs on the same HW platform
  • Leverage industry best practices for security and isolation between clients
  • Confidential compute or its equivalent based on datacenter requirements

Skills

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, or related field
  • 10+ years 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
  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience
  • Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience
  • PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience
  • Experience and knowledge of Server SOC security specifically in the area of Confidential Compute
  • 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

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants

Company Overview

  • Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.qualcomm.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Qualcomm has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 851 in 2026, 2013 in 2025, 1910 in 2024, 3216 in 2023, 2885 in 2022, 2104 in 2021, 1181 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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