Drimva

Qualcomm

Sr. Staff PCIE Subsystem Architect

$217K–$325K

San Diego, California +2 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026

Location
San Diego, California
Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California
Experience
8+ years with a bachelor's degree, 7+ years with a master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD in Systems Engineering or related work; plus 2+ years in one or more system architecture technology areas and products.
Education
Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

About the job

Defines and delivers high-performance PCIe subsystem architectures for next-generation datacenter AI products, from accelerator cards and servers to rack-scale deployments.

What you'll do

  • Define subsystem architecture and drive requirements across accelerator, server, and rack-scale systems.
  • Address PCIe and other high-speed I/O behavior, including ordering, DMA, link operation, error recovery, and virtualization.
  • Coordinate technical requirements and alignment with customers, product management, systems teams, and architecture stakeholders.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience; OR a master's degree in one of those fields and 7+ years; OR a PhD in one of those fields and 6+ years.
  • 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products.
  • In-depth knowledge of PCIe, Ethernet, and other high-speed I/O interfaces used in datacenter and accelerator products.
  • Strong understanding of PCIe ordering, Gen6/Gen7 requirements, error containment and recovery, I/O virtualization, and server-class RAS, telemetry, reliability, and security.

Nice to have

  • Understanding of PCIe security and confidential-compute features, PCIe CEM standards, retimers, signal integrity, and system validation.
  • Knowledge of emerging interconnects such as UCIe, UALink/UAL, and UEC, and PCIe firmware, BIOS/UEFI, OS, driver, and system-software requirements.

Pay

$216,600.00 - $325,000.00 USD base salary

Tools

PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, ARM, SR-IOV, SIOV, UCIe, UALink/UAL

AI focus

Architects high-performance I/O subsystems for next-generation datacenter AI products and accelerator systems.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)