Senior Director, EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$229,800–$344,600 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 21, 2027

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TL;DR · Senior Director, EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms

The Senior Director, EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms leads the vision, architecture, and global operations for the compute, data, and development infrastructure supporting silicon and systems engineering. This leader manages a portfolio including HPC grids, intelligent scheduling, EDA license orchestration, source code management, and container platforms. Key responsibilities involve defining multi-year modernization roadmaps, governing technical standards, and building a high-performing organization to support design and CAD teams. The role requires expertise in IBM LSF, Altair PBS Pro, Slurm, FlexNet, and Git/GitHub Enterprise. Candidates must navigate Linux/Unix environments using Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes while managing high-performance storage like NetApp or Weka. The position solves complex engineering productivity problems by integrating telemetry into decision systems and ensuring robust intellectual property protection across hybrid cloud and on-premises data centers.

What you'll do

  • Define and own the multi-year strategy, architecture, and investment roadmap for EDA and HPC platforms.
  • Lead a global organization of directors, managers, architects, and SREs to ensure operational excellence.
  • Manage multi-scheduler operations including queue design, fairshare models, and migration programs for IBM LSF, PBS Pro, and Slurm.
  • Oversee EDA license management strategy, orchestration, and utilization analytics across major vendors.
  • Own the strategy and operations for enterprise source code management (SCM) and design data platforms.
  • Manage the enterprise Linux/Unix engineering platform, including OS hardening, patching, and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Build an analytics and data engineering function to turn platform telemetry into executive decision systems.
  • Implement engineering IP protection models, secure enclaves, and least-privilege access controls across all platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 10+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree or 12+ years without a Bachelor's degree.
  • Must have 7+ years of supervisory or leadership experience.
  • Must have 3+ years of work experience interacting with senior leadership.
  • Must have 15+ years of progressive experience in HPC, EDA infrastructure, or engineering IT, including 8+ years leading multi-level organizations.
  • Must have deep expertise operating large-scale compute grids running multi-vendor EDA flows in semiconductor or systems engineering environments.
  • Must have mastery of scheduler design and operations, specifically IBM LSF (required), and Altair PBS/Accelerator and Slurm (preferred).
  • Must have strong experience with EDA license management (FlexNet/FlexLM, RLM) and enterprise SCM platforms like Git/GitHub, Perforce, and DesignSync.
  • Export-controlled data.

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