Qualcomm
Lead Server Product Architect- Sr Director
$301K–$451K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years with a bachelor's degree, 9+ with a master's degree, or 8+ with a PhD. Preferred: 15 years in semiconductor product development; over 15 years in CPU and/or SoC architecture, including at least 7 years with a high-performance server chip.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Defines server SoC product architecture and roadmap for high-performance, energy-efficient data center solutions, including modeling key product KPIs and documenting architecture.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with chip and platform architects to define product and SoC architecture and develop server roadmaps and feature sets.
- Model server KPIs such as performance, power, area, cost, and RAS.
- Create detailed architecture specifications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 10+ years of relevant work experience; or master’s degree plus 9+ years; or PhD plus 8+ years.
- Deep understanding of CPU and SoC architecture for data center and enterprise markets.
- Experience across server SoC architecture domains, including chiplets, coherency, memory, power management, RAS, security, debug, and test.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Nice to have
- ARM architecture, including server architectures.
- Proven track record delivering hyperscale data center solutions.
Pay
$300,800.00 - $451,200.00 USD (pay range; salary/base pay)
Tools
CPU, SoC, Chiplet, ARM, CMOS
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