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# Staff SoC Architect, AI Data Center

- **Company:** QL-Cambridge Care Center, LLC
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $160,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Architecture, Data Center Networking
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3046812898-2

## About the Role

* So
 * C architecture
 * System architecture
 * Computer architecture
 * AI accelerator architecture
 * Memory architecture
 * Performance modeling and analysis
 * Power, performance, area, and cost tradeoff analysis
 * Data center networking and interconnects
 * Performance simulation and profiling
 * Hardware/software bottleneck analysis

## Description

Qualcomm's Data Center AI Architecture team defines next-generation AI inference SoCs and systems. You will translate workload and product requirements into architecture specifications, evaluate performance and implementation tradeoffs, and guide designs through production while collaborating across engineering and customer teams., * Translate product and workload requirements into So

 * C and system specifications.
 * Drive feature requirements with technology, IP, platform, and software teams.
 * Conduct architecture studies and quantify performance, power, area, cost, memory, and networking tradeoffs.
 * Provide implementation guidance and develop architecture analysis methods and tools.
 * Correlate measured system performance with models, identify root causes, and drive performance closure.
 * Conduct competitive analysis and support technical contributors and innovation.