STCO System Architecture Technologist

Responsibilities

• Define system-level architecture and technology pathfinding for advanced SoCs and chiplet-based platforms.
• Drive early architecture, packaging, and technology trade-off decisions for next-generation products.
• Translate system and workload requirements into quantitative figures of merit (FOMs), including performance, power, thermal, yield, and AI efficiency.
• Evaluate architecture-technology-packaging trade-offs to support high-impact design decisions.
• Support system-level KPI evaluation across product generations, focusing on AI-driven workloads and system efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, or integration experience (Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years).
• Experience with 2.5D and 3D STCO architecture and pathfinding, including chiplet-based SoC systems.
• Strong understanding of system-level KPIs such as bandwidth, latency, performance-per-watt, thermal behavior, and power integrity.
• Solid knowledge of heterogeneous SoC and chiplet architectures, including partitioning across compute, accelerators, memory, and I/O.
• Experience with workload-driven system design, specifically for AI inference, AI acceleration, or HPC use cases.
• Proficiency in Python or equivalent programming languages for system modeling and architectural analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of AI system efficiency metrics, including tokens per second and cost per token.
• Knowledge of 2.5D/3D integration schemes, such as interposer-based designs and stacked die concepts.
• Awareness of advanced packaging constraints, including thermal management and power delivery in multi-die systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across diverse engineering and technology teams.
• Strong analytical skills for data-driven architecture evaluation and interpretation.

About the Company

Qualcomm is a global leader in wireless technology, developing products that power the world's most advanced mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. We foster a supportive, inclusive culture where the brightest minds work together to solve the most complex challenges in semiconductor and wireless innovation.