Qualcomm
Senior Director, EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms
$230K–$345K
San Diego, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of progressive experience in HPC, EDA infrastructure, or engineering IT, including 8+ years leading multi-level organizations. Minimum qualifications also state 10+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree or 12+ years without one; 7+ years of supervisory or leadership experience; and 3+ years interacting with senior leadership. Advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years of general IT-related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related field; Master's preferred. A Bachelor's degree may be replaced by the stated alternative of 12+ years of IT-related work experience.
About the job
Leads the strategy, architecture, and global operations of Qualcomm’s EDA and HPC engineering platforms supporting silicon and systems engineering.
What you'll do
- Set the multi-year platform strategy, architecture, investment roadmap, and operating budget; lead a global engineering organization.
- Oversee HPC scheduling, EDA license orchestration, SCM, Linux/Unix and container platforms, analytics, observability, hybrid cloud, and engineering IP protection.
- Partner with engineering and corporate stakeholders, manage vendors, and improve platform reliability, utilization, and security.
What they ask for
- IBM LSF scheduler expertise; deep experience operating large-scale compute grids running multi-vendor EDA flows.
- Strong EDA license management experience with FlexNet/FlexLM or RLM, and license-aware scheduling.
- Experience leading enterprise SCM platforms, including Git/GitHub, Perforce, and DesignSync; Linux/Unix engineering, infrastructure-as-code, and containers in HPC or engineering environments.
- Track record leading analytics, observability, and engineering IP protection; owning large budgets and vendor governance; strong executive communication skills.
Nice to have
- Hybrid or cloud HPC for EDA workloads on AWS, Azure, or GCP; high-performance storage experience.
- AI/ML applications in scheduling, forecasting, or operational analytics; CI/CD and DevOps tools; export-controlled programs; scripting.
Pay
$229,800.00 - $344,600.00 USD base salary
Tools
IBM LSF, Altair PBS Pro/Accelerator, Slurm, FlexLM/FlexNet, RLM, Git/GitHub Enterprise, Perforce Helix Core, DesignSync
AI focus
Explore AI/ML for intelligent scheduling, anomaly detection, failure prediction, workload optimization, and capacity forecasting.
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