Data Center SoC Power Architect - California, Santa Clara, United States
$164,470 - $269,100 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 October 2026 by the employer.
Shape the power, performance, and efficiency strategy for server and data center platforms.
About the role
You will drive architectural innovations for scalable, energy-efficient solutions for modern data centers.
What you'll do
- Shape the architecture of server and data center platforms, driving innovations that deliver performance, power efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
- Partner with cross-functional teams spanning silicon design, validation, firmware, software, and systems engineering to transform architectural vision into production-ready solutions.
- Analyze real-world cloud, AI, enterprise, and high-performance computing workloads to identify opportunities that maximize performance per watt.
- Lead power and performance modeling, architectural tradeoff studies, and validation efforts to ensure products meet technical and business goals.
- Drive the development of power management and system optimization technologies that advance efficiency across the hardware and software stack.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentorship, and the creation of high-quality technical specifications and best practices.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 9+ years of relevant experience OR Master's degree in a related technical field with 6+ years of relevant experience OR PhD in a related technical field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Ability to analyze and optimize complex systems for power, performance, and area constraints.
- Expertise in microarchitecture, performance modeling, power analysis, and hardware/software interaction.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard tools for simulation and validation of SoCs.
- Proficiency debugging and root-cause analysis.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree or specialized certification in semiconductor design, compute architecture, or related disciplines.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating across technical domains.
Skills: SoC Power Architect, server and data center platforms, power efficiency, performance modeling, microarchitecture
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 79-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
453
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$233k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (453 roles · 63 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 453 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 82 | 3192 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 42 d | 79 d (−37 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $233k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC Power Architect, server and data center platforms, power efficiency, performance modeling, microarchitecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 71 open roles · median 85 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 68 d
- AMD · 34 open roles · median 63 d
- Apple · 34 open roles · median 8 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 111 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 21 open roles · median 113 d
How we counted: 453 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 63 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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.