Server Product Architect; RISC-V Sr. Director

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

We are dedicated to transforming server-class computing by reimagining silicon and developing next generation platforms optimized for performance, energy efficiency, scalability, and reliability. By joining our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers to define architecture for high-performance server products that meet demanding customer and data center requirements.

We are seeking a highly experienced Server Product Architect with RISC-V product experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in CPU server architecture and a strong track record architecting complex, high-performance, low-power designs at advanced process nodes. This critical role will define the architecture of a server SoC that meets demanding customer KPIs across performance, power, area, cost, reliability, security, and scalability.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of RISC-V CPU and SoC architecture, including chiplet architecture, coherency management, memory systems, power management, RAS, security, debug, and test architecture. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for translating product requirements into clear architectural trade-offs and decisions. In this role, you will define architecture for a RISC-V server SoC, translate customer and platform requirements into measurable KPIs, and guide cross-functional architecture decisions across CPU, memory, IO, power, RAS, security, debug, and test domains.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 10+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 9+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 15 years of experience in semiconductor product development (Ex: System design, SoC architecture, HW design and validation, Silicon test, SW development).
• 15+ years of experience in CPU and/or SoC architecture, including at least 5 years of experience with RISC-V-based products.
• Strong understanding of RISC-V profiles and RV64 application processor requirements
• Strong expertise in multiple architecture domains of a server SoC including AIA and IOMMU architecture
• Experience in making PPA, cost, feature and schedule trade-offs to define product architecture
• Strong technical documentation skills, along with excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• 5+ years of experience building high performance server products
• Deep understanding of RISC-V Server SoC specification and platform enumeration and firmware requirements
• Deep understanding of CPU architecture including virtualization extensions
• Strong understanding of RISC-V security including confidential compute (CoVE) architecture
• Experience in commercializing server products with proven ability to influence next generation architectures
• Strong expertise across multiple SoC architecture domains like coherency management, memory system, IO architecture, Power management and Security
• Experience with RAS, Debug and Test architecture for datacenter products
• Experience with ARM architecture including server architectures is a plus
• Proven track record in delivering hyperscale data center solutions

• Collaborate with chip and platform architects to define and develop Product and SoC architecture
• Develop server roadmap and feature set across one or more architecture domains
• Model and evaluate key server KPIs, including…