Data Center SoC Power Architect
$190,610 - $269,100 USD yearly
Originally posted 31 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Server Power Architect within the Data Center Group, you will shape the power, performance, and efficiency strategy for compute platforms across silicon, system, firmware, and software domains. You will drive architectural tradeoff studies and develop power management solutions for modern cloud, AI, and high-performance computing workloads.
What you'll do
- Define power, performance efficiency, and scalability architectures for server and data center platforms.
- Partner with cross-functional engineering teams spanning silicon design, validation, firmware, software, and systems engineering.
- Analyze cloud, AI, enterprise, and high-performance computing workloads to optimize performance per watt.
- Lead power and performance modeling, architectural tradeoff evaluations, and silicon validation efforts.
- Drive the development of power management and system optimization technologies across the hardware and software stack.
- Create technical specifications and architectural documentation while conducting architecture reviews.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 9+ years of relevant experience, a Master's degree with 6+ years, or a PhD with 4+ years.
- 3+ years of experience in silicon architecture, including proficiency in power analysis.
- 3+ years of experience with industry-standard tools for simulation and validation of silicon designs.
- 3+ years of experience analyzing and optimizing complex systems for power, performance, and area constraints.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in hardware description languages (HDL) such as Verilog or VHDL.
- Advanced degree or specialized certification in semiconductor design, compute architecture, or related disciplines.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard tools for simulation and validation of silicon designs.
Skills: silicon architecture, power analysis, power modeling, server architecture
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 72-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
469
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Median days open
72 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$233k
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| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (469 roles · 66 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 14 | 469 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 101 | 3326 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 55 d | 72 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $233k |
Skills observed across this category: silicon architecture, power analysis, power modeling, server architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 79 open roles · median 85 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 44 open roles · median 22 d
- AMD · 39 open roles · median 60 d
- Arm Holdings · 30 open roles · median 3 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 469 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 66 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 31 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.