Qualcomm
Server IO Specialist. Sr. Director of Technology
$301K–$451K
Santa Clara, California +3 · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Austin, Texas
Hillsboro, Oregon
San Diego, California - Experience
- 10+ years with a bachelor's degree, 9+ years with a master's degree, or 8+ years with a PhD. Preferred qualifications also cite over 15 years in PCIe, CXL, or similar I/O architecture and 12+ years developing high-speed I/O architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Architect and commercialize end-to-end server I/O solutions for high-performance, low-power datacenter chips, from requirements through implementation and product development.
What you'll do
- Define and document I/O architecture requirements and solutions with chip architects.
- Collaborate with IP design and performance teams to optimize end-to-end solutions for PPA trade-offs, and work with design and verification teams to ensure implementations meet specifications.
- Develop architectural solutions for customer requirements and communicate them to silicon, system, and software stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 10+ years of relevant work experience; or master's degree in one of those fields and 9+ years; or PhD in one of those fields and 8+ years.
- Deep understanding of server I/O solutions and CPU/SoC architecture for datacenter SoCs, including coherent I/O subsystems.
- Expertise in PCIe, CXL, or similar I/O technologies and I/O architecture.
Nice to have
- Strong expertise in IOMMU / SMMU architecture and micro-architecture; understanding of coherent protocol flows and multiprocessor, memory, and I/O subsystems.
- Experience with high-speed I/O architecture, confidential compute technologies, multi-socket links, or ARM specifications; familiarity with UAL and NVLink is a plus.
Pay
$300,800.00 - $451,200.00 (base salary)
Tools
PCIe, CXL, UAL, IOMMU, SMMU, TDISP, IDE, TSP
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