Director - Datacenter Solution Architect - WA, Seattle, United States
Originally posted 3 September 2026 by the employer.
This role blends deep GPU cluster architecture expertise with customer-facing technical leadership.
About the role
This role blends deep GPU cluster architecture expertise with customer-facing technical leadership, requiring a systems-level thinker who can translate customer requirements into complete, buildable data center designs spanning compute, networking, storage, power, cooling, and physical layout.
What you'll do
- Lead customer engagements to define AI GPU cluster architecture and develop Basis of Design (BoD) documents.
- Architect end-to-end data center solutions including GPU platforms, high-speed networking, storage, power distribution, cooling, and floor layout.
- Translate AI workload requirements (training, inference, mixed workloads) into scalable, reliable infrastructure designs optimized for AMD platforms.
- Partner with customers, OEMs/ODMs, and AMD internal teams to align on technical decisions and tradeoffs.
- Perform architecture reviews, gap analysis, and risk assessments to ensure designs are deployable and operationally sound.
- Provide guidance on best practices for power redundancy, cooling strategies, network topology, and cluster scalability.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Strong systems mindset with the ability to connect compute, network, storage, and facilities constraints.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High ownership, attention to detail, and ability to operate independently across ambiguous problem spaces.
Nice to have
- Experience designing large-scale GPU or HPC clusters for AI workloads.
- Understanding of data center architecture including: high-speed Ethernet networking, distributed and parallel storage systems, power distribution, redundancy, and capacity planning, air and liquid cooling solutions, physical layout and rack-level design.
- Experience producing or reviewing Basis of Design, reference architectures, or similar engineering documentation.
- Customer-facing technical experience with the ability to clearly communicate complex tradeoffs.
Skills: GPU cluster architecture, data center designs, high-speed networking, power distribution, cooling solutions, AI workloads
This role has been open 43 days — well below the 57-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
104
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$208k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (104 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 104 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 406 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 57 d | 57 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $208k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU cluster architecture, data center designs, high-speed networking, power distribution, cooling solutions, AI workloads
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 28 open roles · median 57 d
- Qualcomm · 22 open roles · median 42 d
- NVIDIA · 16 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 44 d
- Mobileye · 4 open roles · median 24 d
- Apple · 3 open roles · median 16 d
How we counted: 104 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.