Qualcomm
Server Power Management Sr. Staff Architect
$209K–$314K
Santa Clara, California +3 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Austin, Texas
Hillsboro, Oregon
San Diego, California - Experience
- 6+ years with a bachelor's degree, 5+ years with a master's degree, or 4+ years with a PhD; preferred: over 10 years in CPU and/or SoC power management and at least 5 years with a high-performance server chip; also listed: 15+ years in CPU and/or SoC architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Architect end-to-end power management for server SoCs, optimizing power, performance, and thermal efficiency across chip and system designs.
What you'll do
- Develop power management architecture with HW, SW, and FW architects; model server-system power and analyze trade-offs.
- Drive SoC and board power-grid definition and architect system-level power-rail sequencing.
- Collaborate with thermal engineers and create detailed architecture specifications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 6+ years of relevant work experience; or master's plus 5+ years; or PhD plus 4+ years.
- Deep knowledge of CPU and SoC power-management architecture, including microarchitecture and design of power-management components.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Over 10 years in CPU and/or SoC power management, including at least 5 years with a high-performance server chip.
- Experience with power delivery systems, TDP capping, over-current and voltage-droop events, power/performance telemetry, or power and thermal optimization.
Pay
$209,300.00 - $313,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
SoC, multi-phase bucks, LDOs, CMOS, PMICs
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