VP, Engineering - Data Center CPU Software
$293,200 - $439,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading the software, firmware, platform enablement, and system architecture for Qualcomm’s server-class SoCs to scale from silicon bring-up through hyperscaler deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead overall software architecture, development, integration, and execution for Qualcomm’s Data Center platforms, spanning server CPU, networking, platform management, and cluster-scale infrastructure.
- Own the end-to-end software roadmap required to enable scalable data center systems, including platform software, firmware interfaces, orchestration, observability, telemetry, lifecycle management, compilers, runtimes, and customer deployment readiness.
- Drive software strategy and execution across CPUs, networking fabrics, storage integration, system management, and cloud-native infrastructure to support hyperscaler and enterprise data center deployments.
- Partner closely with silicon, hardware systems, product management, customer engineering, program management, operations, and ecosystem teams to deliver complete data center solutions.
- Build, lead, and scale a global software engineering organization with strong execution discipline, technical depth, and accountability.
- Establish engineering best practices, operating mechanisms, quality gates, and release discipline to enable predictable software delivery, platform stability, performance optimization, and customer confidence.
- Serve as a senior technical engagement point for strategic customers, hyperscalers, ecosystem partners, and internal executive stakeholders.
- Operate effectively in a highly matrixed environment, influencing outcomes across hardware, software, systems, networking, product, and business teams.
What you'll need
- Fifteen (15) or more years of software engineering, systems software, infrastructure software, or data center platform development experience.
- Six (6) or more years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams, technical leaders, and complex cross-functional execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field of study.
Nice to have
- Twenty (20) or more years of software engineering, systems software, infrastructure software, or data center platform development experience.
- Ten (10) or more years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams, technical leaders, and complex cross-functional execution.
- Master’s or PhD degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field of study.
Skills: Data Center platforms, server-class SoCs, OS and hypervisor integration, BMC, platform management, cloud-native infrastructure
This role has been open 81 days — well above the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
962
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$236k
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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 (962 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 62 | 962 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 705 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 51 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: Data Center platforms, server-class SoCs, OS and hypervisor integration, BMC, platform management, cloud-native infrastructure
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 274 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 62 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 19 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 93 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 12 d
- Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 962 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.