Senior Director SoC Architecture - AI Accelerators (Multiple Locations)
$249,900 - $375,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 July 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 5 August 2026.
About the role
Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Director of SoC Architecture to define and drive the technology strategy for AI datacenter products. In this role, you will lead architectural direction across server technologies including Security, Reliability/Availability/Serviceability (RAS), and Virtualization.
What you'll do
- Define strategic direction for datacenter security, RAS, and virtualization by engaging with hyperscalers, enterprise customers, industry consortia, and ODM partners. - Design SoC architecture for RAS, virtualization, or platform security across server SoCs, accelerator platforms, and AI infrastructure deployments. - Build executive-level relationships with customers to evaluate hardware and software requirements and influence future platform roadmaps. - Drive analysis of AI server and datacenter deployment trends to identify technology gaps and competitive differentiation. - Lead architecture strategy and investment decisions required to enable AI infrastructure products from SoC through server and rack-scale deployments. - Guide hardware, firmware, and software organizations in developing fault management, resource partitioning, workload isolation, or confidential computing solutions.
What you'll need
- Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. - 15 years of experience in hardware architecture, product development, and commercialization, including leadership of technical initiatives. - 10 years of experience in datacenter technologies including servers, accelerators, AI infrastructure, or related systems. - Deep expertise across datacenter architecture including security, RAS, virtualization, telemetry, power, cooling, lifecycle management, and deployment strategies. - Strong understanding of scale-up and scale-out architectures and the challenges associated with hyperscale deployments. - Demonstrated ability to lead global, cross-functional organizations and influence executive-level technology decisions.
Nice to have
- Recognized expertise in server SoC security architecture, including confidential computing technologies. - Active participation and leadership within organizations such as the OCP Security Forum, Confidential Computing Consortium, or similar standards bodies. - Proven track record defining RAS architecture and resiliency strategies for large-scale server platforms. - Deep understanding of PCIe technologies including SR-IOV, SIOV, IDE, TDISP, and related datacenter protocols. - Strong knowledge of Ethernet and networking technologies with emphasis on reliability, performance, and virtualization. - Broad experience defining server SoC architectures across security, RAS, virtualization, and large-scale AI infrastructure deployments.
Skills: SoC Architecture, AI Accelerators, datacenter security, RAS and virtualization, platform roadmaps
This role has been open 98 days — well above the 81-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
470
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$238k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (470 roles · 66 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 76 | 470 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 398 | 3244 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 87 d | 81 d (+6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $238k |
Skills observed across this category: SoC Architecture, AI Accelerators, datacenter security, RAS and virtualization, platform roadmaps
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 73 open roles · median 90 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 71 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 14 d
- AMD · 34 open roles · median 62 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 117 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 109 d
How we counted: 470 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 66 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 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.