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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