This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$182,542–$246,150
— the shaded band above.
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$178k
versus about
$214k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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Listed pay typically runs
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(Sr) Staff SOC Architect - AI Accelerators joins the ASICS Engineering team to define and deliver next-generation AI datacenter products. This role focuses on driving architecture and feature definition for critical server technologies including Security, Reliability/Availability/Serviceability (RAS), and Virtualization. The architect will collaborate across hardware, firmware, software, systems, and product teams to develop scalable solutions for AI server and rack deployments. Key responsibilities include designing SoC architectures for error detection, containment, recovery, telemetry, and serviceability; defining virtualization for multi-tenant infrastructure; and implementing confidential computing and trusted execution technologies. The role requires expertise in datacenter architecture, scale-up/scale-out designs, and specific protocols like PCIe (SRIOV, SIOV, IDE, TDISP) and Ethernet. The position addresses the technical challenges of securing, stabilizing, and virtualizing high-performance AI infrastructure within large-scale datacenter environments.