Principal SOC Architect, AI Accelerators (Multiple Locations)

Company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary Qualcomm is looking for an experienced SoC architect to work on the next generation AI products in the datacenter.

We are looking for a data center engineer whose expertise spans security, RAS and/or virtualization.

The selected candidate will help define the architecture and drive requirements from card/server level to a full rack.

Responsibilities

  • Understand trends in datacenter security, RAS and virtualization through customer and ODM engagements
  • Work with customers to determine HW and SW requirements
  • Analysis of the current AI server deployments in different datacenters
  • Architect enhancements required for deployment of next-generation AI products
Design the SOC architecture for at least one or more of the following areas:
  • RAS
  • Reliability analysis of the card, server and rack level systems
  • Design/architect for easy serviceability
  • Implement HW/SW techniques for improved availability to mitigate failures.
  • Virtualization
  • Support multiple clients using VMs on the same HW platform
  • Leverage industry best practices for security and isolation between clients
  • Security
  • Confidential compute or its equivalent based on datacenter requirements
Minimum Requirements
  • Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years HW design, testing and commercialization experience
  • 3+ years of experience of working in datacenter related products - servers, accelerators etc.
  • In-depth knowledge of datacenter - security, RAS, virtualization, telemetry, power, cooling, lifecycle, deployments etc.
  • Good knowledge of scale-up and scale-out architectures.
  • Willingness to work in a high-caliber international/multi-site team
Preferred Skills And Experience
  • Experience and knowledge of Server SOC security specifically in the area of Confidential Compute
  • Participation in OCP Security Forum and Confidential Compute Forum is a plus
  • Experience and knowledge in defining RAS infrastructure at the Server SoC level
  • Experience and knowledge of PCIe protocol spanning SRIOV, SIOV, IDE, TDISP etc.
  • Good knowledge of server SOC architectures focusing on security, RAS and virtualization
  • Good knowledge of Ethernet protocols with emphasis on error recovery and virtualization
  • Ability to work with PdM (Product Marketing) and datacenter customers to define requirements covering security, RAS and virtualization etc.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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