Drimva

Qualcomm

SOC Limits Management Architect

$174K–$262K

San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Experience
15 years of industry experience in Power Management or Low-Power Design/Methodology.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Defines SoC limits-management architecture that coordinates hardware, firmware, and software mitigations to maintain performance and protect silicon under power, current, and thermal constraints.

What you'll do

  • Define SoC limits management through hardware triggers, firmware policies, and software mitigations; standardize mitigation features across IP and hardware blocks.
  • Drive sensing IP and trigger-mechanism evolution, and define real-time telemetry requirements and mitigation performance-impact profiles.
  • Lead cross-functional technical decisions and oversee post-silicon validation against architectural intent.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of industry experience in Power Management or Low-Power Design/Methodology.
  • Experience across the product delivery cycle from architecture definition through post-silicon productization.
  • Experience with low-power architectures and advanced power optimization techniques.

Nice to have

  • MS or PhD in Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent, focused on computer architecture and power/performance analysis.
  • Experience with peak power management, power budgeting, in-rush current, PDN droop detection and mitigation, adaptive clock distribution, aging and process monitors, power aware floorplanning, battery technology, concurrency management, thermal management and AI.

Pay

$174,400.00 - $261,600.00 USD base salary

Tools

Power Telemetry, Estimators, Droop Detectors, Sensing IPs, Voltage, Current, Temperature, PDN

AI focus

AI is mentioned as a preferred area of experience; no specific AI work is described.

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